EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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It shows that fish were once able to live without water
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It shows that oceans can change quickly and become land.
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It shows that the animals found on the mountain today evolved from fish.
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It shows that the mountain may have once been under water and was raised by natural processes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists find a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. What kind of evidence does the fossil provide scientists about the way this area might have changed over time? It shows that fish were once able to live without water. It shows that oceans can change quickly and become land.
Detailed explanation-2: -What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky? A Sea once covered the area.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -12. If you find fossils of fish and other marine creatures in a desert, what can you infer about the history of the desert? Marine fossils discovered in a desert environment indicate that at one time, the desert must have been an aquatic environment.
Detailed explanation-5: -Often, fossil species first appear in older rocks and disappear in younger rocks, providing evidence that species change. Changes in climate, indicated by geology, correlate with changes in fossil species and their adaptations, supporting the idea of natural selection.