How does a plant become a fossil?
This website explains how a plant becomes a fossil. This makes a connection for students to understand how we can learn about the past from fossils. It describes four types of plant fossils including impressions, compressions, casts and molds, and permineralization.
This website explains how plant fossils are formed which helps students see the connection between fossils and the organisms that existed in the past.
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