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Fossil demonstrate organisms, geological structure or formations, that may not be present in our lifetime, due to extinction. Usually these can be classified, as a long time ago, if no documented evidence can support such an organism etc, at a specific time E.g a certain bug infossilizedtree sap, which was not present at 300ad, therefore it was formed earlier. . However, withmillennium old fossils, the age can be found through carbon dating. Carbon dating uses samples of carbon within the fossil, to determine the age of the chemical compound, and therefore the time at which the fossil was formed. Fossils come from decomposed matter, hardening around an object underground and experiencing forces and heat for thousands of years.
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Which of the following can fossils teach us about the earth?
Fossils indicate several things about Earth's past: - the organisms that lived then, and by extension the organisms in their food chain - the climate in the area where the organism lived - how plate tectonics have moved landmasses that once were joined together
How are fossils used in determining the age of the Earth?
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What are the earliest fossils and what do they indicate about the envronment in which they lived?
They provide evidence for animals that existed before and do not now. It shows proof of the different evolution. It also gives us comparisons of organisms we have today and where they possibly came from.
For which segment of the Earth's geologic history are fossils rarely found?
precambrian
How does the study of fossils represent the evolution of species over geological time?
The study of fossils represent the evolution of species by the time period between when they became fossils and what the ancestory line is
