What are fossils?
Remains of organisms from the past.
What does it mean when a living thing goes extinct?
No more of its kind are alive.
What do you think are some reasons living things can become extinct? Name two.
Wow, you really know your stuff! / Sorry, we were looking for...
How can you learn about plants and animals that lived a long time ago?
By studying fossils!
What can animals’ teeth shape tell us?
What kind of food they ate.
What does a fossil with wings or fins tell you?
How the animal MOVED.
What does a fish fossil found on land tell you about its past habitat?
The land used to be covered with water.
Why do you think scientists study fossils?
To learn about earth's past.
Why do scientists study elephants when they want to learn more about woolly mammoths?
Because they are very similar.
What is a drought?
A long period of time without rain.
