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Fossils that include bones can indicate the overall size of an animal, and how its structure was adapted for the environment. For plants, archaeologists can determine the general classification and how the plant may be related to modern plants. Fossils can also indicate how similar organisms changed in geographic distribution as later species took the place of earlier ones.
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∙ 13y agoScientists can learn a lot of things about fossils. Here are just a few.
1. We can learn what types of organisms lived at what times and where they lived.
2. We can learn about when certain groups of animals evolved and what their ancestors were like.
3. We can learn how the continents drifted by comparing where fossil species have been found (for example, a species that was found in Africa and South America but couldn't cross an ocean would tell us that Africa and South America used to be connected.
4. We can learn about organisms that no longer exist, including what they ate and looked like, how big they were, and other traits.
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∙ 11y agoscientist will able to know in which period the animal was died and about their shape of body and structure of the bone. And also can find the first origin of life.
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∙ 9y agoHow organisms have been changing over time
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∙ 11y agoBoth animals and plants have changed over time in order to survive in their environments.
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∙ 11y agothere species
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What kind of organisms do the earliest fossils represent?
The earliest fossils represent plants.
What kind of matter that makes up earth interior help scientists make inferences?
scientists know the mass and the volume of earth how could this information help them make inferences about thr kind of matter that makes up the earth interior
What kind of experiments do scientists do on mummies?
Scientists do not do experiments on Egyptian mummies, they study them to learn about those people. They do x-rays, computed tomography, and other nondestructive imaging so they can understand how they lived, what their health status was, and how they died.
The kind of rock that you are most likely to find in fossils?
Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.
When scientists use their five senses this gathers what kind of information?
Qualitative Information - color,shape, texture, etc. As opposed to quantitative information. But the questions flawed as humans have many more than five senses.
What kind of scientists studies fossils?
paleontologist
How are sedimentary rock used by scientists to learn about the past?
Sedimentary rock layers are used by scientist help learn by the texture and shapes
How cann sedimentary rocks help us learn aut earths pass?
It can help us learn about Earths pass because if there are any kind of fossils of anything it can help us scientists figure out more information about any extinct animal or creature.
What kind of information about an animal could scientists learn from a frozen fossil?
carbon dating
What do geological experts do?
Palaeontologists are scientists who study fossils.
What kind of information or items Alfred wegener support his theory?
climate,fossils,geology
What kind of volcanoes do scientists study to get their information?
lava volcano#
What is the only kind of information scientists use?
scientists use scientific method as a tool to answer their questions or hypothesis.
What kind of molecule did scientists first believe carried information?
Proteins
What do scientist learn from fossils?
Scientists can learn many things from fossils:What an ancient animal's bones looked likeWhat ancient plants looked likeHow an ancient animal's body might have lookedWhat kind of environment existed in that area millions of years agoHow animals and plants probably interacted millions of years ago
How do scientist find fossils?
scientists use carbon dating to tell how old fossils are. They can also tell how old it is by using relative dating (for example): if a fossil is found deeper in the ground than another fossil, it is older.
One kind of fossil forms from the body parts of organisms. What is another kind of fossil?
There are four types of fossils that can be found. These are true fossils, mold fossils, trace fossils and cast fossils.
