EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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the environment where an organism may have once lived
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the average life expectancy an organism may have had
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what the organism may have looked like
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how the organism may have moved
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fossils provide important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments. Fossil evidence provides a record of how creatures evolved and how this process can be represented by a ‘tree of life’, showing that all species are related to each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Paleontologists estimate that fewer than 10% of all the organisms alive today will be preserved as fossils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the past. Fossils are important evidence for evolution because they show that life on earth was once different from life found on earth today.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dinosaur fossils have been found! Fossils have been found everywhere. Poo fossils exist! Paleontologists are scientists who study fossils. The word ‘fossil’ comes from Latin. Fossilised footprints have been found. More items •18-May-2020