List 10 modern-day animals and using the internet resources link it to a corresponding ancient fossil. Name both.
In past, there have been many animals and plants that have now become extinct, either due to anthropogenic activities or due to some disastrous climatic activities. Some of their examples include dinosaurs, kiwi, dodo, etc. When these animals or plants get buried deep inside the earth, between the rocks, they get imprinted on the rocks. Such an imprinted image and remains of ancient plants and animals are called ‘fossils’. Fossils are a great source of information and energy about the body structure, climatic condition and many other biological and historical facts. Given below, is a table of ten animals of present-day and their corresponding fossils of ancient times.
