Fossils (S3E2) 2025

It was a land mammal.

It lived in the water all the time.

It had legs that did not fossilize.

It lived in the water and on land.

by studying their fossils

by reading about them

by watching movies

by looking at pictures

fed mostly on fish and algae.

moved by using many tiny legs.

lived in an environment that required a hard shell for protection.

had an internal skeleton that was used to maintain the organism's shape.

It must remain above ground.

It must dry out in the sunlight.

It must be buried right after death.

It must be eaten by other animals.

near volcanoes, because the high heat of the lava helps to form fossils

in glaciers, because fossils are created when an organism is frozen quickly

in sedimentary rock, because being buried in sediment helps to form fossils

near earthquakes, because the shaking ground traps organisms to create fossils

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