1) True or false?

Fossils take thousands of years to form.

true

2) What has happened to this gravestone?

It has been weathered.

3) What human diet does not include animal products?

vegan

4) What four things do all animals need to survive?

air, food, shelter, water
 This fossil is the rock copy of original bones.

The process through which a fossil is formed is known

as fossilisation.
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animalare formed
or plant during
dies fossilisation.
in a watery environment.
Sediment covers the animal or plant.
The soft parts break down, leaving a skeleton.
The hard parts are buried by layers of sediment.
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time,The
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enters theare replaced
rockcompactsbyand
and breaksminerals.
turnsbones.
down into rock.
 When an animal or plant dies, there must be certain
conditions for fossilisation to take place.

water sediment time

If these conditions are not met, then an animal or plant

will not fossilise.
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rock

skeleton

sediment

fossilisation
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How are fossils formed?
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Dexter Rosie Sam Max Mo Jo

Kim Ron Jack Eva

Eva

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