Fossil Observations Worksheet
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At each station make observations of the fossils and answer the question. Use evidence from your observations in your answers.
Station Observations and drawing
Question and Answer
1
Fossilized sea floor examples
Compare these fossils to one another. How are they the same and
how are they different?
2
Petrified wood and coal
Compare these fossils to organisms living today. How are they the
same and how are they different?
3
Fern and Coral: about 300 MYA
Desert sand: Modern
What can you infer about what the climate was like when these
organisms were alive? What is your evidence?
Station Observations and drawing
4
Petrified wood
Dinosaur bone
Trilobite
Question and Answer
Using the information about these fossils, what can you infer about
when these fossils lived? Use evidence from the fossils as well as
the information.
5
Using the information about these fossils, what can you infer about
the environment over time in this location?
Fish about 50 MYA; Crinoid about 500 MYA
Why do scientists study fossils? Use what you learned to explain three things scientists can learn by looking at fossils.
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