Question

Describe a minimum of three things that should be considered when collecting or locating fossils? Justify your answer in two or more complete sentences.

Answer 1

•When your collecting fossils, consider wearing eye protection, eye glasses.

•Newspaper or tissue to wrap specimens.

•Paper and pen to label fossils. ...

•2" paint brush for dusting off fossils in the field.

•Magnifying lens.

Answer 2

Rock type, Collecting techniques, Documentation, ethics.

Step-by-step explanation:

• As fossil is a fragile leftover the imprint of the earlier remains of the dead body of the plants and the animals and thus needs to take care of when trying to collect or locate them.

• The type of rocks to look for is the most important aspect as the sedimentary rocks are most commonly fossil forming matter as they are arranged in different rocks strata, and layers. After which is the collection technique that depend on the rocks where they are found. Aluminum foil and cotton and plaster of Paris is used to safely take the imprints out.

• Documentation is also essential as they have a specific value and they should be properly documented as to identify. All this involves the ethical standards of data collection with prior permission.