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How can geologists tell about plants and animals that lived on earth a long time ago?
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Well, most of the time geologists find fossils of plants and animals, and then study them to find out how long ago the plant(or animal) lived.
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What on earth does a paleontologist work in?
: the science that deals with the fossils of animals and plants that lived very long ago
Which lived on land first plants or animals?
plants so the animals can have oxygen
Which do you think lived first--plants or animals?
plants
Do most animals and plants that once lived on Earth have left fossil evidence?
yea most plants and animals do leave behind fossils. scientists have found many of them from the pre-historic eras.
Where do coal oil and gas come from?
Plants and animals that lived in the ancient, geological past and have become buried in the Earth's rocks as they were deposited.
What plants and animals lived with the nootka tribe?
nothing
How do scientists know that different kinds of plants and animals lived in earths parts?
they take plants and animals to the lab and experiment
What religious beliefs did native American group share?
They believed that spirits lived in animals and plants,and they worshiped the sky and the earth they believed those were the sutainer's of life.
What animals and plants lived in the quaternary period?
Animals such as PROCOPTODON,DIPROTODON,TOXODON,MAMMUTHUS,DEINOTHERIUM,COELODONTA lived in the quaternary period.Plants such as BIRCH,SWEETGUM lived in the quaternary period, as well as the plants and animals you see around you.
Which was the first animal on the earth to have food?
The animal that first evolved, I guess. But no one knows what that was (because it lived millions and billions of years ago) or if there was an animal that evolved before all other animals. It would have eaten plants though because plants are plants, not animals and they use photosynthesis to survive.
What is a pateontologist?
Fossil remains of plants and animals are studied by pateontologists. IN addition to identifying and cataloging information, they theoriza about how early plants and animals lived.
