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If you find fossil plants and animals that lived in hot, wet areas then you know the weather was hot and wet. This is how you tell what the weather was probably like in the past.
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What are the remains or traces of past life in Earth's crust?
Fossils are the remains or traces of past life in Earth's crust.
Discuss how fossils provide evidence of change from the earliest life-forms to those alive today?
Fossils showing animals of the past display some similarity to animals of today as well as some differences. When we start at the bottom of the fossil record (where all the oldest fossils are) and work our way up through all the rock layers of the different ages in geologic time, we start to notice the changes in the fossils and how they lead up to the animals of today
How are fossils and artifacts different?
Fossils are the remains of dinosaurs, prehistoric plants and other prehistoric creatures which lived millions of years ago. Artifacts are items that were made by intelligent homonids or by ourselves (homo sapiens) in the past not so long ago.
Is there a scientist that studies plants and animals?
A biologist studies both plants and animals. A taxonomist classifies both plant life & animal life.
How does relative dating and absolute dating help scientists assemble a fossil record for an area?
Relative dating is the science determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age Absolute dating is the process of determining an approximate computed age in archaeology and geology.
Do fossils help us understand past environments?
Yes, because fossils are remains of plants and animals of the past.
Who studies artifacts and fossils to help understand the past?
archaeologist
Who studys artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past?
Geoligests do.
What type of clues can fossils provide about earths history?
Fossils help us learn about the past, like if a fish fossil was in your backyard, then your backyard was covered with water. They also help us with the fossils where the setting was then, and what animals lived there.
What do fossils help us learn aboutabout the past?
What lived where and in some casses how.
How do fossils help us understand earth's past climates and environments?
yes
What can fossils tell us about movements of the planets in the past?
To my knowledge, fossils found here on earth tell us absolutely nothing about movements of the other planets in the past. There is no way that they could.
What do the glossopteris fossils tells us about the early position of the continents?
That they must have been joined up in the past because the same fossils could not exist on the continents given their current position.
What do the glossopteris fossils tell us about the early positions of the continent?
That they must have been joined up in the past because the same fossils could not exist on the continents given their current position.
What do the glossopteris fossils tell us about early positions of the continents?
That they must have been joined up in the past because the same fossils could not exist on the continents given their current position.
What do the glossopteris fossils tell us about the early positions of the continents?
That they must have been joined up in the past because the same fossils could not exist on the continents given their current position.
Why do you study fossils?
to learn about the past
