1. FOSSILS !!!

2. Paleontologist What is a Paleontologist?
Someone who studies fossils from long ago
Paleontologists use fossils to try to figure out three main things about fossils: Identity and origin of the fossil the fossil's environment what the fossil can tell us about the history of the earth

3. Fossils Fossil – a preserved clue to life from long ago
Bones, teeth, shells, and wood
Trace Fossils – a fossil that shows changes that long-dead animals made in their surroundings
Foot print, any shape left behind by a fossil

5. Fossils
Mold Fossil – A fossil formed when an animal, plant, dies and is covered by sediment, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate, and a cavity remains below the ground surface
Shells, Eggs, Plants
Resin (Amber) Fossils – a perfectly preserved animal (fly) that is surrounded by amber/resin
Fly

7. Different Types of Fossils
Fossils (Body Fossils)
Trace Fossils
Mold Fossils
Amber Fossils (Resin)

8. How fossils are formed ?