Paleontology

Fosssils **Unit Length: 2 weeks**

 a. Describe the evidence used to provide historical background for the geologic time scale
=== b. (Extension) Model the formation mold/cast fossils and trace fossils. Understand the formation of preserved remains, carbon films, and petrified fossils. ===


 * ===Fossils, the remains of organisms preserved in sedimentary rocks, are part of the evidence scientists use to infer changing conditions at the Earth’s surface through time===


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 * ===What can fossils tell us about movements of plates in the past? ===
 * ===What are fossils, how do they form, and how are they used to interpret Earth’s history? ===
 * ===Why do we find fossils in different layers of the Earth? ===
 * === How are the Earth Layers alike and different? ===

Geology Dictionary
===Fossils, Fossil Evidence, Mold, Cast, Carbon Film, Petrified Fossils, Preserved Fossils, Trace Fossils, Index Fossils, Relative Age, Absolute Age, Radioactive Dating, Law of Superposition, Uniformitarianism, Original Horizontality, Unconformity, Extrusion, Intrusion, Geologic Time Scale===

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