Earth Sciences Standards Preview Standard Set Earth Sciences Earth is made of materials that have distinct properties and provide resources for human activities As the basis for understanding this concept: 3.d Students know that fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and that scientists learn about the past history of Earth by studying fossils by Peggy Bresnick Kendler Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Use Graphic Organizers Text Features • • • • Captions Diagrams Labels Glossary Science Content Fossils and Dinosaurs Scott Foresman Science 2.7 ISBN 0-328-23513-X ì