What do Fossils tells us?
Definitions
Facts
How are fossils made?
Review Rocks and Minerals
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These tell us how big an animal was?
A fossil bone
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Something that remains of a living thing from long ago. What am I?
A fossil
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What kind of tools did the La Brea tar pits use?
dental picks Hammer and pick.
100
What do we call animal or plant prints that we find?
What is imprints or impressions.
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What are the 3 properties of minerals?
Hardness Color Luster
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These tell us how an animal moved?
Tracks, tell us how an animal moved.
200
This is made when a living thing presses in mud which is hardens
An imprint
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What did we learn saber toothed cats use their teeth for?
To stab and kill their prey.
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Are fossils made in different ways? If yes, how many different ways?
Yes, fossils are made in different ways. They can be made my impressions or bone/teeth fossils made by mud.
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A solid found in nature that was never living.
What is a mineral
300
These tell us how an animal or plant looked?
An imprint will tell us what an animal may have looked like.
300
These tell us how an animal moved?
Tracks show us how they moved.
300
True or False? ( Did you do your reading?) Ferns (which is a plant) once made up huge forests.
True, ferns which are now small plants, use to fill huge forests. We know this because of the imprints found.
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How are bones and teeth turned into fossils?
When the animals dies, their bones and teeth are covered with mud. After millions of years, they harden and turn into rocks we call fossils.
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The carrying of weathered rock and soil from place to place
What is erosion
400
How do fossils tell us how things change over time?
We can tell by seeing what animals and plants are found in certain areas ( fish in the desert), or how they have changed over time. ( dinosaur bones look like bird bones).
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These tell us how big an animal was?
Fossil bones
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Can you tell me one thing that scientists think dinosaurs died from?
A meteor.
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Can animal fossils only be found in areas where that animal is currently living? ( for example, can fish fossils be found in the desert or only only by water ?)
No, fossils can be found anywhere. This tells us that the land has changed since that animal has lived there.
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A force that pulls all objects toward each other
What is gravity
500
What can we conclude from finding a fossil in rocks?
That the land has changed overtime. We can see different living things that once lived on Earth. We can also tell what may have killed some of the species.
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These tel us how it looked?
An imprint
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When scientist find fossils, do they find the whole animal's fossil or only pieces of them? and why do you think that?
They usually only find pieces of the animal. Over the millions of years it takes to create a fossil, the bones get moved around or imprints get ruined.
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The wearing away and breaking apart of rock
What is weathering
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