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What is a specialist in the study of rocks fossils and earth layer?
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people who specialize in rock fossils are called paleontologists
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Which kind of rock has fossils?
layer rocks
What is a scientist called who studies rocks and fossils?
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.
Where are fossils found on earth?
In rocks in most parts of the Earth.
What layer would old fossils be located?
Sedimentary rocks layers.
Can fossils be used to determine the relative ages of rocks layers?
fossils can be used to determine the relative age of rock layer by using the classification of fossils to find the relative ages of rocks in which fossils are found. :] hoped i helped you out.
Moon rocks resemble rocks from what layer of the earth?
mantle
What layer in earth has flowing rocks?
The Asthenosphere.
What is the outermost layer of the earth's crust?
the outer most layer of earth is CRUST
How can sedimentary rocks show earth history?
they have fossils and pieces of the environment from the past inside of them
What layer of the earth is made of rocks and soil?
The crust because that is the outer layer and we live on the crust so... there are rocks on the layer we live on! The answer is Crust.
Why do rock fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?
because sedimentary rocks are on the top layer, while igneous rocks are were the magma is
What mineral can fossils be found in?
It depends what fossil you're talking about but normally fossils are found in sedimentary rocks. But diatomaceous earth, and limestones contain fossils, or are made of fossils.
