Friday, October 18, 2013

Fossil Fun

Complete Burrying Bodies activity. What did you learn about the forming of fossils in certain environments.

25 comments:

  1. Florida has the most sinkholes in the world. Americans use 100 gallons of water per day. Three fourths of water we use gets wasted. Water from wells are not clean at first.

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  2. I learned that depending on the environment that the body rests, the body could wear away before it forms a fossil, form and immediate cast or mold, or could be scattered around.

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  3. i learned that if you put a dead animal wide open, it is very unlikely to form a fossil. if it is covered by seciment and water, it will be safe from scavengers and it won't rot away

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  4. I learned that when an animal dies its not really safe anywhere, it will either be covered by rock and debris or be eaten by another animal.

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  5. i learned that if a dead body of an animal is by a volcano it is unlikeley to form a fossil because it will problably be burned by the molten lava
    if a dead body is left on a muddy plain it would most likeley form a fossil because sediments can bury the body quickley before the scavengers and weather can erode the body
    if a dead body is exposed to an open area the body is open to scavengers eating parts of the animals and weather and water eroding and moving the bones and other parts of the body to be seperated
    if a body is left under a crumbling cliuff it will be covered by rocks that fell on top of it is most likeley that small parts of the animal will be still open to small scavengers such as bugs and small rodents but the bones will be crushed so this will problably not be a very good specimen

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  6. I learned that there are specific areas that fossils nead to be formed. the dead animal needs to be hidden from scavengers, and protected from eroision such as water, and wind. If the carcus is not burried under the ground before it wears away, it will not become a fossil! :)

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  7. A lot of plants and animals die every day but only some of them die in areas where they can become fossils that paleontologists can study.

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  8. If a beast is covered by lava, it turns into a puff of smoke or the bones burn. The lava can be 1200 degrees celcius. If the beast is killed by a rockfall, another animal can eat the beast by crawling through the small spaces, and the bones are covered by rocks. If the beast is in an exposed area, another carnivore can eat the beast and soon after rain and sun, the bones sink deep into the earth! This is what I learned.

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  9. when a dead organism dies if it is left in a open area it doesnt have much chance of surving because there is no protection. In a lava flow the body is more likely to be burned up. If the body is at the bottom of a cliff the body might be covered by rocks but it little scavengers could still eat it up. It is the safest in the river because the water and sediments could cover it up quickly.

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  10. I learned that scavengers will eat the dead animal if it is left in an open area or get covered with rocks under a cliff and it will not be eaten by scavengers if it will be covered by lava.

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  11. when an organism dies the body will eventually wear away but the bones will stay there eventually they will be burried by sediments or different rock layers. Then millions of years later some scientists with a curious mind will dig a hole and find the remains of the once living creature.

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  12. i learned that animals with soft tissue on them when they die that they will not become fossils. also i learned that if an animal falls in freezing water the animal will be full preserved with the tissue and bones and everything on there body. I also learned that animals footprints will be saved when a lot of sand and sediments pile up on it and water turns it into a hard mold and you can still see them today.

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  13. This website was very cool. At first the animal died off and then the predator ate part of the animal and then the animal got burried in sediment and all of its skin came of and it turned into a fossil

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  14. I learned that when an animal dies sediment covers it up. This will happen in any region with any climate like when an animal sinks down to the ocean floor and its skin and bones wear away. After thousands of years it is made into a fossil.

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  15. open area-after the animal dies it can be eaten or decayed from rain
    mud-the animal can get trapped and it could sink
    ocean floor- sinks and decays in the sand
    volcanoe- the animal can be burned and buried by lava
    crumbling cliff-rocks can fall and bury the animal

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  16. That when dead orgianisms die in many different locations. Later after the death they lose their skin and all thats left is bones. Then later after that the bones get covered the bones will soon harden to be like rocks and this happens in all different environments.

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  17. i leanred that if an animal is dead in an exposed area such as open plains it is most likely to get eaten by scavengers and not become a fossil. if the animal dies near water, the water carries sediments and deposits it on the dead animal. The animal is now covered and likely to become a fossil!

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  18. I learned that an organism is most likely to become a fossil if it is covered quickly by sediment

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  19. The bone on the animal needs to be burry quickly because the animal will eat it or the bugs are going decay it to a fossil. The animal is in the mud plain it would be cover fast.

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  20. Animals die in many different places in many different ways. If ananimal dies by a fvalcano it could die by being covered in ashes or by being covered by lave and the lava would also burn the bones so there wouldnt be anything left to see.

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  21. it was so bad how meny horrible ways a poor innocent animals have to die. the only one that i found semi-ok was the muddy river estuary, but even this is bad but i guess this is life.

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  22. There are many different kinds of places fossils can form there are volcanic areas, exposed, and muddy areas. volcanic areas mostly incinerate the body exposed asreas mostly are worn away and animals can eat it and muddy areas can cover it with mud.

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  23. i really enjoyed playing these games because it helped my see how the fossil process such as what happens to the animal after it dies. i learned that the animal gets broken down sometimes by scavengers and then the bones remaining soak into the soi. i also really enjoyed the game where you put the bones of the animal in the right place.

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  24. I never knew that if an animal died under a cliff and rocks fall on it it can still be attacked by scavengers in nature and the forces in nature these bones do not make good fossils.
    if a dead animal is in the way of a lava flow the animals bones usually get turned to ash or get badly burned and they dont make good fossils.
    if an animal dies in a open area it gets the ful blow of scavengers and nature these bones do not make good fossils.
    if an animal dies in a muddy area it sinks into the mud quickly and are preserved these bones do make good fossils.

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  25. This helped me to understand how fossils are formed or if they can be formed at all. under some elements fossils can be formed but under other elements they can not. like under ice or mud they can be formed but under lava or in open areas they can not be formed.

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