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Task · part of 4(D). Option D, Earth History

4(D)(5). Collect 10 fossils, or identify 15

Optional May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 4: which ONE of the four options?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Written as ONE requirement with an "or" in it, unlike the same choice in Option C. Record where you obtained each, classify it as best you can, and explain how each might have survived and fed.

Note. This is the same choice as requirement 4(C)(3) in Option C, collect 10 or identify 15, but written as one sentence rather than two lettered sub-requirements. That is why this plan draws it as one step and Option C's as two.

Where this step comes from

  1. Geology Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-15), Requirement 4(D)(5)

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