Rock Cycle - Past Life (4)
 Lab 

PROBLEM: Do present day organisms help us understand fossils?

PREDICTION:

EXERCISE I. You have 3 samples of present day organisms in your packet. Draw each specimen in the space provided and try to figure out what the organism is. You may want to consult reference books to help identify them. Record what part of the organism you think each sample is, and why.

EXERCISE II. Try to figure out the fossil counterpart of the present day organism. Draw each specimen in the space provided next to the present-day counterpart.

EXERCISE 1
PRESENT

EXERCISE 2
FOSSIL COUNTERPART

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION: How does a present day organism help us understand a fossil?

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