The Esposito family went hiking on a tall mountain. Mrs. Esposito picked up a shell fossil on the top of the mountain. The fossil was
once a shelled organism that lived in the ocean. The family had
different ideas about how the fossil ended up there. This is what they
thought:
Mrs. Esposito: A bird picked up the organism and dropped the shell as
it flew over the mountain.
Mr. Esposito: Water, ice, or wind eventually carried the fossil to the
top of the mountain.
Rosa: A mountain formed in an area that was once covered by ocean.
Sofia: The fossil flowed out of a volcano that rose up from the ocean
floor.
Write the statement that you most agree with
and why. Then describe your ideas about how
a fossil could end up on the top of a tall
mountain.
Ok