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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ACTIVITY: Plotting the important fossil sites in South<br />
Africa<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1. Identify all the places that have been mentioned in this<br />
Chapter which are important archaeological sites in South<br />
Africa.<br />
2. Find these places on the map of South Africa <strong>and</strong> mark them<br />
in with an X<strong>and</strong> the name.<br />
3. Next to the place names, write down the important fossils<br />
which were found there.<br />
KEY CONCEPTS<br />
• Animals <strong>and</strong> plants sometimes died in mud, <strong>and</strong> the mud<br />
keeps their shape or preserves their remains.<br />
• These remains of ancient plants <strong>and</strong> animals are called<br />
fossils.<br />
• There are two main types of fossils –body <strong>and</strong> trace fossils.<br />
• Fossils provide us with arecord of the history of life on<br />
Earth.<br />
• South Africa has avery important collection of fossils.<br />
Chapter 4. Fossils<br />
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