Earth history and fossil Concepts

Primary

Earth History Concepts

1. The Earth changes.

Fossil Concepts

1. Fossils are from long ago.

Intermediate

Earth History Concepts

1. The Earth has changed considerably over long periods of time.
2. Plate tectonics is the movement of large slabs of Earth that floats on molten rock below it.
3. Land formations - mountains, plateaus, river basins, deltas,
4. Time is measured in 100,000's of years.

Fossil Concepts

1. Fossils are created from living organisms.

Middle School

Earth History Concepts

1. The Earth's processes we see today, include erosion, movement of lithospheric plates, and changes in atmospheric composition, are similar to those that occurred in the past.
2. Earth history is also influenced by occasional catastrophes, such as the impact of an asteroid or comet.

Fossil Concepts

1. Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.