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Slide 1Finding the Relative Age of Rocks Standard 8-2.6 – Infer the relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and the ordering of the rock layers. Slide 2 Relative…

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Slide 1 FOSSILS Clues to the past 1 Slide 2 Page 63 2  Fossils, November 18, 2014 Slide 3 Fossils What is a fossil? (page 297)  Fossils – preserved remains or evidence…