Rock Records

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Rock Records
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Q What are fossils?
A Fossils are the remains and traces of dead
organisms.
Organisms are plants and animals.
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Q Where are fossils found?
A Fossils are buried under deep layers of
sediment.
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Q How can you tell the age of sediment layers?

• Top layers - youngest.
• 2.Deepest layers - oldest.

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Look familiar?
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Q Why are rocks called History Books?
A Each layer tells us about past climates,
events, life, et. (Each layer tells a story.)
Fossils also show us that life has not always
been the same as it is now.
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Q What else have scientists used fossils for?
A Scientists use fossil evidence to show that
the continents were all connected once.
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Fossils turn into Fossil Fuels!