Day 2-What is a Fossil?

A fossil is the remains or evidence of any creature that once lived on the Earth. Fossils provide concrete evidence of past life.

Type I includes:

• bones
• teeth
• skin impressions
• hair
• the hardened shell of an ancient impression of an animal or plant

Type II- Something that was made by the animal while it was living that has hardened into stone. These are called trace fossils.

Type II includes:

• footprints
• burrows
• coprolite or animal poop

On your piece of paper please answer the following question.

What do fossils tell us?