How fossils are formed
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- A sea creature swimming
- I am the star of the show
- The sea creature dies and sinks to the bottom of the sea.
- nobody told me that I die in scene 2. Here's my dying scene: cough, cough, splutter splutter...
- Over a long time, layers and layers of sediment pile on top of the shell which is covered by heavier and heavier material.
- After millions of years, the Earth's crust move the layer where the fossil is closer to the surface.
- The top layers covering the fossil are eroded away by wind or rain.
- I didn't even have to bring my shovel!
- The fossil is exposed