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Why did scientists have to use computer models to study apatosaurus moved?
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What kind of genus is apatosaurus?
Apatosaurus was an herbivorous diplodocidsauropod. There are three accepted species Apatosaurus ajax, Apatosaurus louisae, and Apatosaurusparvus. Brontosaurus execelcus was first though to be its own genus, than it was moved to Apatosaurus for a while, but paleontologists including Robert T. Bakker relized that several differences in the skull, means that Brontosaurus is once again a valid genus
How did the apatosaurus move?
it moved by walking and traveling on 4 feet.but it was kind of slow so it couldn't outrun some other dinosurs
Can Brontosaurus walk on two legs or fours?
Brontosaurus is an invalid name for Apatosaurus excelsus. Apatosaurus was a sauropod, and like all sauropods, it walked on four legs. However, very young Apatosaurus could run on two legs like a basilisk lizard to escape danger.
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?
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.
Do scientists think plates are moved by convection currents or volcanoes?
convection currents.
What is the theory in which scientists believe that the continents have moved over time?
Continental drift.
What name for Mechanical models of solar system in which planets can be moved at their relative velocities?
orrery
Why would scientists want to study glacial moraine?
Tell scientist from where and how the glaciers has moved
How is information moved around within a computer?
Information is moved around within a computer by being encoded in the form of bits and being transferred via data buses.
What are the 3 forces that scientists hypothesize move lithospheric plates?
scientist thought someone moved it
Why did scientists reject wegener theory?
because he had no evidence that the plates had moved so nobody belevied him
Why did scientists reject Wagner's hypothesis?
He could not prove how they moved he died before they considered his hypothesis
