This science printable asks students to identify animals from an earlier time in Earth's history, and explain what inference can be drawn from each fossil discovery listed.
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Why Do Scientists Study Fossils?
Excerpted from
Concepts and Challenges of Earth Science
From Pearson's Concepts and Challenges Earth Science.
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