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Strictly speaking these are two differing types of scientists.
Petrologists study rocks and paleontologists study fossils. However both these disciplines are covered in the broader training of a geologist.
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∙ 11y agoA specialist in the study of rocks, fossils, and earth layers.
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∙ 11y agoseismologist
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∙ 13y agoarchaeologist.
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∙ 13y agoThat would be a paleontologist.
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What type of scientists study rocks?
A geologist studies rocks and what the earth is made of. A petrologist is someone who looks at rocks directly.
Which type of rock is likely to show ripple marks and fossils?
Sedimentary rocks show fossils, because of pre-existing life forms. They also show ripple marks due to weathering and erosion...
What is a rock studier?
A geologist is a person who studies rocks.
What is meant by the study of fossils?
When living things die, sometimes they can get buried in mud or sand before they rot away. If this happens, over time the mud or sand can be turned into rock and the hard parts of the living things are also mineralized (turned into rock) but in a way that preserves the structure of the original living thing. An impression of a living thing preserved in this way is called a fossil and by studying the fossils that are to be found in rocks it is possible to see and understand creatures that lived on earth a very long time ago.
Why don't we find fossils in igneous and metamorphic rocks?
Fossils are remains or impressions of living organisms and they are found in the sediments in or near where they lived. Living organisms cannot live in a molten magma which cools to become an igneous rock. Metamorphic rocks used to be sedimentary and igneous rocks but they were buried very deep under mountains and any traces of fossils in the sedimentary layers have been removed by the heat and pressure which altered the rock.
What is the name of a person who studies fossills?
A person who studies rocks and fossils is called an archeologist. No, the study of fossils is called paleontology and the study of rocks is called geology, so a person studies fossils is called a paleontologist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology
Scientist who studies the characteristics of rocks and the forces that have shaped earth?
A scientist who studies rocks and the forces that have shaped the earth is called a geologist. They often start as a kid fascinated by rocks who is left to wonder "how did this get here?"
What do you call a scientist who studies the earth and rocks that make up the earth?
That is called a GEOLOGIST.
How do scientist determine when an era begins and when it ends?
rocks and fossils
What is the collector for fossils called?
A rock collector is generally referred to as a rockhound.A person who studies the science behind rocks is called a petrologist.
Where do scientist find clues about past climate conditions?
rocks an fossils
What is a scientist that study rocks?
a geologist studies rocks, but volcanologists study volcanic rocks
What kind of scientist studies rocks and stones?
Geologist
A scientist who studies rocks and earths structure?
geologist
What are preserved fossils called?
rocks
What is a scientist who studies rocks is called?
Strictly speaking these are two differing types of scientists. Petrologists study rocks and paleontologists study fossils. However both these disciplines are covered in the broader training of a geologist.
What scientist studies rocks on other planets?
A planetary geologists
