fossils

FOSSILSFOSSILS

By Skyler, Eddie, Danielle and By Skyler, Eddie, Danielle and Zachary!!!Zachary!!!

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The animal dies and the water rises and consumes the dead animal.

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The flesh gets eaten by smaller creatures.

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The bones remain lying at the bottom of the river.

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The sediment (tiny pieces of sand or stone) cover the bones.

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Decades later, the land rises.

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The bones rot away.

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Pieces of rock fill in the gaps where the bones used to be.

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The bones get exposed to the world.

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A palaeontologist comes.

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The palaeontologist finds the fossil (most of the time this does not happen).

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He brushes the dust off the fossil.

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He carefully digs up the fossil.

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A process called ‘jacketing’ is done.

Jacketing is wrapping plaster around the fossil to protect it from weather conditions.

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The palaeontologist makes a map of what he has found.

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He transports it to the museum.

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The museum puts the fossil on display.

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WRITERS: EDDIE AND SKYLER ZENG

FACTS: EDDIE ZENG

BOOK GIVER: ZACHARY WANG

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