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?
Paleobiology
Stratigraphy
Flora
Cladistics
What is the name of study about ancient climates?
Paleoclimate
Stratigraphy
Fauna
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?
Lithification
Cladistics
Stratigraphy
Taphonomy
What is taphonomy?
Method of classifying species based on common ancestry.
Climate conditions of the geological past.
Study of ancient life through fossil records.
The study of how organisms decay and become fossilized
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
