Fossil Records

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Fossil Records

• Evolution and Environment 10

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Objectives

• Recall what fossils are.
• Recall that fossils give us information about the
  evolution of species.
• Evaluate the evolutionary evidence provided by
  fossils.

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Starter

• Compare the extinct animals with those that are
  living now
• What are the differences?

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What are fossils?

• Fossils are the remains of animals/plants that
  lived many thousands/millions of years ago

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How can fossils help prove evolution?
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Could life evolve elsewhere in the Solar System?