Rocks, Fossils, and Earth History

Duration: 600 Feet

Year Published: 1981

Creator: Journal Films Altschul Group Corp

Complete Record: This program explains the importance of studying a region's rocks and fossils to understand the climate, vegetation and landscape of the past and how this helps us to predict what the future might hold. Viewers will understand the technique that geologists use to date rocks and fossils. The video illustrates the difference between igneous, sedimentary and matamorphic rocks and how they are formed. The formation and the imporanace of plant and animal fossils is also covered