Fossils Fossils are the remains of ancient organisms‚ usually animals and plants but there are also minute bacteria and occasionally fungi. They are preserved by natural processes of burial. Most are entombed in sediment i.e. mud‚ silt or sand which with time transforms into a sedimentary rock such as sandstone. Rarely‚ fossils are enclosed in ash erupted from volcanoes‚ resin that oozes from trees and hardens into amber‚ or natural tar seeping from the ground. Normally only the resistant hard
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What are fossils? Fossils are the remains or marks of plants and animals that lived a very long time ago. They are usually found in rocks and stones. Fossils are important because they tell us a story about things that lived on the earth before us. What Things Become Fossils? Animals and plants become fossils. So do nests‚ eggs‚ footprints and even animal droppings! How are Fossils Made? Fossils are made from the hard parts of plants and animals‚ such as:-bark‚ seed cases‚ bones and
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The word ’fossil’ has been derived from the Latin word ’Fossilium’‚ which literally means anything dug out of the earth’. These are recognisable remains of once-living plants or animals‚ most of which have been extinct for many thousands of years. They were preserved in sediments‚ rocks and other materials such as ice‚ tar‚ amber etc. prior to historic times. Thus‚ the remnants of plants or animals of the past geologic ages preserved in the rocks of the earth’s crust by natural processes are known
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Fossils A fossil is the prehistoric remains of a plant or an animal. Fossils are usually are kept at their best when they are buried under many layers of sand and mud. Under the great pressure from the ground‚ the sand and the mud become sedimentary rock. The minerals combine forming a mould of the plant or animal under the ground. A fossil can be a trace fossil or a body fossil. A body fossil is what actual organic material from a creature or plant (like a bone). Trace fossils are signs of
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According to the Great Archaeology; History of Archaeology’s online glossary‚ the definition of a fossil is "the recognizable remains such as bones shells or leaves other evidence tracks burrows impressions of past life on Earth." In more simple terms‚ a fossil is the preserved evidence of structured organic material that once lived on earth. The same glossary defines a mummy as "a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals‚ extreme
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Fossils of the Paleozoic Era The Earth is thought to be approximately 4.6 billion years old. For years researchers have turned to fossil remains to learn more about the earth and the organisms that have resided here. The history of the earth has been divided in to a widely accepted tine scale in order to make the study of the earths history more organized and understandable. The geologic time scale is used by all kinds of scientist‚ including geologist‚ anthropologist‚ and paleontologist as
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Introduction Fossil Fuels are the most important energy sources in our world today. The overwhelming majority of the huge amount of energy used in the world comes from the burning of three major fossil fuels: coal‚ petroleum‚ and natural gas. Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy‚ and there is no other . They are formed over a very long period of time; the fossil fuels on earth today were formed from plants and animals that lived up to 300 million years ago. These fossil fuels are found
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on Fossil Fuels America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels For the past two hundred years the United States depends more on fossil fuels than any other power source. Without fossil fuels‚ the industrial revolution would not have had as much of an impact making United States what it is today. However‚ we as a country are facing very real problems that we must have to address quickly. We are running out of fossil fuels‚ and soon we will not have fossil fuels
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THE DEPLETION OF FOSSIL FUELS By Zoe Noonan Introduction As the world is becoming more advanced in technology‚ more energy is being used to keep up with the changing requirements. At the current rate at which energy is being used‚ the world will shortly come to an end of fossil fuels- the world’s primary energy resource. Abstract This research paper outlines the problems being faced by the shortage of fossil fuels‚ the effects they are having on the environment and the possible substitutes
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6 Ocober 2013 Fossil Fuels and Alternate Energy Sources In the early 1900s‚ fossil fuels were the primary source of energy‚ but in more recent times with reserves diminishing and global warming becoming a major issue‚ we are forced to develop alternate sources of energy. According to Melosi‚ Governments became aware of the effects of fossil fuels as early as the 1950s‚ and in an attempt to combat this‚ they passed laws to try and lower the amount of pollution it caused (The Automobile and
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