What is a fossil?
The preserved remains of an ancient plant or animal.
What does a paleontologist study?
Fossils and ancient life.
What is the process of digging up fossils called?
Excavation.
What is a dinosaur that only eats plants called?
Herbivore.
What does "extinct" mean?
A species that no longer exists.
What is the study of rock layers called?
Flora
Paleobiology
Cladistics
Stratigraphy
What is the name of study about ancient climates?
Fauna
Stratigraphy
Paleoclimate
Taphonomy
What do scientists do to fossils to learn more about them?
Analyze them
What is the name of the process that turns sediment into rock?
Cladistics
Taphonomy
Lithification
Stratigraphy
What is taphonomy?
Study of ancient life through fossil records.
Method of classifying species based on common ancestry.
The study of how organisms decay and become fossilized
Climate conditions of the geological past.
What is the difference between flora and fauna?
Flora refers to plants, while fauna refers to animals.
What do paleontologists use to carefully remove fossils from the ground?
Brushes and small tools
