True or false: paleontology is the study of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
True
The remains of living things preserved in rock are called
fossils
What does extinct mean?
died out, gone forever
Paleontologists study _________.
dinosaurs and ancient plants and animals
True or false: Dinosaurs were the main animals on Earth 1000 years ago.
False- 150 million years ago.
Animals with a ________have a skull.
Spine or backbone
A deep valley or canyon formed by water is called a
ravine
What word means to look at or check carefully to learn about something
examine
What word means to learn about something new for the first time?
Discover
Excavate means _____
dig
Name two things that can have layers
cake, rock, lasagna....etc
After a fire, the leftover powder is called
Ash
