Fossils

Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth. Fossils are dead plants and animals that were preserved in sedimentary rock or other crust component in the earth throughout the years and they are very important to discovery the types of animals and plants that lived in the earth, their ancestors and how they have changed over time, we can know a lot by analyzing a fossil. In the middle ages the philosopher Aristotle started thinking that some of the compositions

Fossils are the way scientists trace the way back to things that were once living but have died. They can be plant or animal bodies that have been partially or completely replaced by minerals. Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of living things. Molds and casts, which are two of the more common fossils, are copies of the shapes of ancient organisms. Petrified fossils are remains in which minerals replace all or part of an organism, Preserved, the process preserves the remains of organisms

the topic I chose is understanding of fossils. Fossils are evidence of animal and plant life that has been preserved within the earth. They can be actual parts of an animal or plant, or traces of an animal such as its preserved footprints or its preserved waste. Fossils are created when an animal or plant dies. Before it decays, it is covered with sediment, which protects it from the elements. While we easily recognize and identify some fossils, many fossils are animals that no longer exist. We only

Introduction: Fossils are defined as a physical trace or evidence of life from a prior geological time period which has been preserved. Examples of fossils include burrows, indentations or bite marks, footprints or other impressions, coprolites, hard animal body parts such as bone, shells or horns or mineralized plant remains embedded in stratified rock. Examination of the fossils and the strata in which they were found and compilation of this data into what is known as the fossil record provides

Fossil fuels are formed from decayed prehistoric plants and animals that lived millions of years ago (Science Daily). According to the United States Department of Energy, when ancient living plants and animals died, they decomposed and became buried under layers of mud, rock, and sand. After millions of years, these plants and animals slowly decomposed into organic material. Depending on what combination of plant and/or animal debris was decomposed, different types of fossil fuels were formed. These

Fossils have been around for thousands of years, they are our window to the past. The word “fossil” comes from a Latin word “Fossus” meaning ‘dug up’. Fossils show us how life was in the past which is conserve in soil, rocks or amber. A small amount of them are usually the remaining parts of organisms, like plants or animals but only the hard parts fossilize. Internal organs like muscle or skin rapidly discompose. Fossils are one of the most valuable pieces of information of our Earths history.

Mold fossils come from a process called authigenic preservation; a process which leaves a negative impression, or indent, of an organism in rock after the organism itself has deteriorated. Sand or mud covers the deceased organism and, over time, that sand or mud hardens into rock, encasing the organism. The organism continues to decay, eventually leaving only an imprint. Entire organisms, partial organisms, or even traces of the passing of organisms can leave mold fossils. Cast fossils occur when

Fossil Evidence Fossil evidence is a great way to analyse the effects of evolution. The first statement posed by somebody when a person trying to prove a point is: prove it. Fossil evidence does just that by providing proof in the forms of preserved life-forms which previously inhabited the earth. The stratigraphic column is a layering of sedimentary rocks which contain fossils in them (McMullen et al., 2014). The erosion of these rocks carves through this layering to provide a timeline of fossils

Fossils are organisms that were once living but have now died and been preserved in sediment. Their bones can remains can tell how they lived, what they ate, and what their behavior was like. In the article titles, “Fossils: How Are They Made?”, it states that, “The remains inside the rock also turn to rock. The remains are replaced by minerals. The remains literally turn to stone.” There are also other ways an organism can be fossilized, such as being buried in tar. For example, in the La Brea Tar

of Australian fossils contributes to the development of understanding the evolution of species in Australia in many different ways, such as seeing changes in physical appearance of species, and possible reasons why the species evolved into what they did, when and why a certain species may have become extinct and evidence/proof of theories such as natural selection. Each of these goes hand in hand and helps us find out what our Earth would have been like millions of years ago. Fossils are the remains