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Why do scientists have been unable to find fossils of the first plants?
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∙ 8y ago
Because very specific conditions need to occur for fossils to both form and also survive through to the present day. Most dead animals and plants are not fossilized and many that were must have been subjected to erosion and other destructive processes. Many fossils which have formed and survived just haven't been found.
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What information must first be obtained before the scientists can place the fossils in the ancestral time line of the dog?
"The age of the fossils
What period contains the first fossils of land plants?
Cambrian period
Where and when did the first plant evolve?
Fossils of the earliest land plants come from the Ordovician period (roughly 450 million years ago).
What methods did geologists use when they first developedthe geologic time scale?
Scientists first developed the geologic time scale by studying rock layers and index fossils worldwide. With this info. (information if you forget!), scientists placed Earth's rocks in order by the relative age.
What three kinds of information can geologist gather from a study of fossils?
The three kinds of information can geologists gather from a study of fossils is amber fossil, trace fossil, and the carbon film. Wait a second, no that's not right. Those are just three kinds of fossils. Those aren't three kinds of information.1. Fossils tell scientists the types and sizes of animals that lived in the distant past;2. Tests made on fossils tell scientists approximately how long ago they lived;3. The types of materials in which fossils are found tell scientists the area where the fossil first died, the cooling rates of some different materials, and the times of lava flows, as well as other items of information;4. Comparing different fossils of the same type, from different areas, tells scientists the times of certain geologic events, such as an ice age, or a volcanic eruption;5. The layers of rock (or soil) in which fossils are found can tell scientists some of the geologic history of the geographical area in which the fossil was found. For example, sometimes seashell fossils are found in the rock of high mountains! That can only mean that the high mountain was once on the floor of an ocean or river. Over time, plate movement, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes have moved the old ocean floor (or river bottom) 'way up to the top of a mountainThere you go.
Describe the sequence of events that led scientists to finally accept the idea of continental drift?
the first thing that happened was the scientists accepted the fossils then the fossils were formed, finally the fossils were made
What information must first be obtained before the scientists can place the fossils in the ancestral time line of the dog?
"The age of the fossils
Who First reported of seeing fossils of leaves and plants?
because you stank
What period contains the first fossils of land plants?
Cambrian period
Who reported first fossils of leaves and plants in Antarctica?
Cheyahn Taylor , Kaitlyn Laird
Who first reported seeing fossils of leave and stem of plants?
George Bush by Alex Chang
Who first reported seeing fossils of leaves and stems of plants on Antarctica?
your doing that webquest too...
When parent plants are crossed how do scientists refer to the first generation of offspring?
F1
Where will be commas in this sentence The giraffe is the tallest all living animals but scientists are unable to explain how it got its long neck?
The giraffe is the tallest of all living animals; however, scientists are unable to explain the origins of its long neck. (sorry, the first sentence was awful)
The first fossils of land plants and animals are found in rocks from the?
Cambrian Period Actually the correct answer to this question is the "Pennsylvanian Period".
Where and when did the first plant evolve?
Fossils of the earliest land plants come from the Ordovician period (roughly 450 million years ago).
What methods did geologist used when they first developed the geologic time scale?
The methods the geologists used when they first developed the geologic time scale. Were studying rock layers and index fossils worldwide. By Patrick
