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Fossil Matching Game Fossils are our only clues to life in the past. They help us learn about evolution - how living things have changed through time. Fossils are like a photograph of an animal at a particular point in the history of the Earth. Fossils also help us understand what kinds of environments existed millions of year ago. For example, by studying fossils, paleontologists have learned that 440 million years ago, Ontario was covered by a warm, shallow tropical sea full of corals, trilobites, sea lilies, clams, and other creatures. Imagine that! Some ancient animals, such as trilobites, have no close living relatives. Others have very close relatives living today. By studying living animals and how they live, scientists can better understand how animals lived in the past. Can you match these fossils with their modern relatives? Match one of the fossil animals on the left to the living animals on the right. 1 A Jellyfish B Brittle Star 2 3 C Scallop Shell 4 D Sea Snail 5 E Pearly Nautilus Shell ROM Education Email: [email protected] Phone: 416.586.5801 x1 Fossil Matching Game 1B Brittle Star This fossil is about 370 million years old and was found in Germany. 2E Pearly Nautilus Shell This fossil is about 440 million years old and was found in Toronto. 3C Scallop Shell This fossil is about 250 million years old and was found in British Columbia. 4A Jellyfish This fossil is about 300 million years old and was found in Illinois, U.S.A. 5D Sea Snail This fossil is about 370 million years old and was found in Ohio, U.S.A. ROM Education Email: [email protected] Phone: 416.586.5801 x1
