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