GEOLOGY

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: -A fossil record is a group of fossils which has been analyzed and arranged chronologically and in taxonomic order. Fossils are created when organisms die, are incased in dirt and rock, and are slowly replaced by minerals over time. What is left is a mineral impression of an animal which once existed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fossil record shows us when specific types of organisms appeared, went extinct, or changed. And, the fossil record shows us that there have been mass extinctions in Earth’s past. A mass extinction is when many species die off around the same time.

Detailed explanation-4: -The totality of fossils is known as the fossil record. Paleontology is the study of fossils: their age, method of formation, and evolutionary significance. Specimens are usually considered to be fossils if they are over 10, 000 years old.