Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids
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VISIT<br />
How are fossils<br />
formed?<br />
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Can you see the dinosaur tracks?! 6<br />
Also, the layers of rock which are lower down will be the oldest as<br />
they were deposited first. So the fossils in these layers will be from<br />
earlier times than fossils in rock layers which are closer to the<br />
surface.<br />
How did the bodies of animals <strong>and</strong> plants get into the<br />
rock?<br />
Have you perhaps seen the body of adead bird? Dogs, flies, ants<br />
<strong>and</strong> beetles all take away the parts of the body. The wind blows<br />
away the feathers <strong>and</strong> soon there is nothing left to see.<br />
But sometimes it does not happen like that. Imagine an animal<br />
died near a river. There was a flood <strong>and</strong> the river quickly covered the<br />
body with s<strong>and</strong>. In years after that, more floods brought more<br />
s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> put it on top. The heavy s<strong>and</strong> pressed down on the<br />
bottom sediments. Slowly, the bottom sediments became<br />
sedimentary rock.<br />
Let's try to make our own model to underst<strong>and</strong> how fossils are<br />
formed in sedimentary rock!<br />
144 Earth <strong>and</strong> Beyond