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What can you tell from this fossil about where the animal lived and how it moved how could you learn more about the extinct animal?
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Fossil footprints can tell us how the animal moved. The stride length, or the distance between two footprints, tell how fast the animal moved. The longer the stride length, the faster the movement was. Footprints give clues about the animal's weight. The deeper the footprint, the heavier the animal would have been. The size and shape of teeth tell us what kind of food the animal ate, which can give clues about where the animal lived. Animals that ate fish would have lived in or near water, for example. The type of rock the fossils were found in tell us what kind of ground the animal walked on. Scientists learn more about extinct animals by studying live animals and using computer models and simulations. They study living animals to see how their muscles move and how their bones fit together. Computer models and simulations help scientists test their ideas, for example about how fast an animal might be able to run.
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What is a fossil and why are they important?
A fossil is the remains or traces of an animal, plant or any organism which lived in the distant past. They give us information on how different life-forms existed then, what the climate was like, how the atmosphere differed from the present time and where they lived in relation to other parts of the world.
What can geologist learn from fossils?
Where the fossil was from,what the fossil was,and how old the fossil is.
What are index and what do geologists learn from them?
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.
How do fossils help scientists learn what happin in the past?
Scientists can learn from a fossil of animal by its age, diet, and physical characteristics, depending on the condition of the fossil. For example, scientists would not be able to tell of a hominid was a new species or not if a few bones were missing, because of the fact that they could determine different or similar traits than other species of hominid.
How do scientist learn about plants that are extinct?
Scientists learn about plants that are extinct by studying their fossils. These fossils will often preserve a plant's remains very well.
What kind of information about an animal could scientists learn from a frozen fossil?
carbon dating
What can a scientist learn form finding a fossil?
Maby what kind of animal it was of if is still alive or not!!!
How have you used fossils to learn about animals that are extinct or have changed over time?
Fossils are the only way to learn which animals are extinct or have changed over time. We can look at animals that exist today and speculate concerning on the appearance of a common ancestor. We frequently have to change our opinion when we find a fossil.
What is a fossil and why are they important?
A fossil is the remains or traces of an animal, plant or any organism which lived in the distant past. They give us information on how different life-forms existed then, what the climate was like, how the atmosphere differed from the present time and where they lived in relation to other parts of the world.
What can geologist learn from fossils?
Where the fossil was from,what the fossil was,and how old the fossil is.
How do dinosaurs learn to be sensible?
They do not learn anything, they are extinct.
Is fossil fighters a movie?
fossil fighters is not a movie learn ok !
How do scientists learn about extinct species?
Just think about this : Imagine scientists studying plants and animals of the past WITHOUT fossils. The slightest clue found on fossils leads scientists towards a conclusion that would be impossible to get without a mineralized remains of a dead organism, that we call fossils. The most important factor is the visualization of that animal or plant's shape. The foot's shape, number of bones, of a fossiled animal may give to scientists a clue on how that extinct animal could run away from predators and so on. The slightest evidence is important to reach on a conclusion when a fossil is being studied, which would be impossible without them. In other words, fossils are the linkage with the pass
What are index and what do geologists learn from them?
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.
How do you learn about the extinction of animals?
You can learn about them through fossils, like CT scaning to see how old the fossil is, or putting fossils and bones of the same animal together. if you have any questions about animals go to plurp327.weebly.com
How do fossils help scientists learn what happin in the past?
Scientists can learn from a fossil of animal by its age, diet, and physical characteristics, depending on the condition of the fossil. For example, scientists would not be able to tell of a hominid was a new species or not if a few bones were missing, because of the fact that they could determine different or similar traits than other species of hominid.
What breed of zebra is now extinct?
The Quagga ,go to wikipedia.org to learn more about this extinct zebra.
