Question

Fossils are the precious evidences preserved by the nature to help us knowing about ancient life forms. Write the information you collected about fossils.

Answer 1

1. Fossils are the evidences of ancient life forms or ancient habitates which have been preserved by natural processes. 

2. Fossils provide information about what lived in the past. 

3. Palentologists determine the age of fossils by using carbon-dating method. 

4. They convey us about genetic condition, heredity characters through inactive chromosomes which are present in them. 

5. They give a detailed information about their diet, life styles, shape of body, etc. 

6. Fossils provide the information about how species have changed across long periods of the earth history.

Answer 2

The fossils are the structures which are formed below the layers of the soil in the ground.

The remains of the animals and plants are buried in the ground and are acted upon by the microbes.

The remains of these organisms are considered as fossils.

The fossils can be used to study the characters of the organisms and in relating the ancestors.

The fossils can be tested to know the age of the fossil by performing carbon dating.