You can see a ___ which shows the shape of the animal. Some fossils are 500 million years old!

Please translate: "to find".

Please translate: "shape".

Fossils tell us about the past. We can learn about types of ___ and we can learn about animals that lived a very long time ago.

You can find fossils in many places. You can find them on ___ and in seas.

You can find them in ___ and on beaches. You can find them under the ground.

Sometimes people find them when they are ___ up roads, or building houses. Sometimes they find them on beaches after very big storms at sea.

Please translate: "mountains".

Please translate: "deserts".

Please translate: "digging".

You can visit museums to look at fossils, or you can buy them in ___ fossil shops. You can also look for your own fossils, especially on the beach.

Sometimes you can find them on the sand or in the rocks. Sometimes you need ___ to cut them out of the rocks.

You can also go on a special fossil hunting ___ with a scientist called a geologist.

Please translate: "sand".

Please translate: "tools".

A geologist knows all about fossils and rocks. He or she can show you the best ___ to find them.

An ammonite was a sea ___ which had a hard shell. This animal lived in the sea about 400 million years ago.

Today, you can easily find ammonites in the rocks in the English seaside ___ of Lyme Regis.

Please translate: "shell".

Please translate: "sea".

This is a fossil of an ancient ___ . Scientists found it in the Western desert in Egypt.

Scientists also find turtle and ___ fossils here. This is because millions of years ago the Western desert was a sea.

Please translate: "whale".

Please translate: "turtle".

Please translate: "shark".

1. Fossils are dead animals.

2. You can find fossils at the beach.

3. You cannot buy fossils.

4. There are no fossils in Egypt.