Vocabulary
What is the scientific study of past human life and activities through the recovery of materials from their culture?
Archeology
What is the area where archeologists dig called?
a. dig site
b. excavation
c. fossil
a. dig site
What part of the fossil do paleontologists use to determine what kind of animal a dinosaur used to be? (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)
The teeth
What is the name for the perfect conditions for fossils to form?
a. excavation
b. preservation potential
c. artifacts
b. preservation potential
What are the remains of an ancient plant or animal?
Fossils
What tools do archeologists use when they find fossils?
spoons
shovels
picks
brushes
What would sharp, pointy teeth in a fossil tell the paleontologist about the fossil?
That the dinosaur was a carnivore
What plays an important role in the type of fossil?
a. the sun
b. the continent
c. the environment
c. the environment
What is a scientist who studies the past by examining the objects people made, used, and left behind?
Archeologists
What do archeologists find information about when they uncover artifacts from a region?
the past; they discover information about the people that once lived there
What would a mixture of flat teeth and sharp teeth tell a paleontologist?
That the dinosaur was an omnivore
Trace fossils show how an organism ________ while on Earth.
a. moved
b. ate
b. moved
What is a scientists who studies dinosaur fossils?
Paleontologist
What do items such as arrow tips, knives, and grinding stones tell archeologists about the past?
those items tell archeologists how the people prepared their food
What would flat teeth in a fossil tell paleontologists?
That the dinosaur was an herbivore
What type of fossil is the actual organism becoming the fossil?
True Form Fossil
What is any object made, modified, or used by humans?
Artifacts
What is Carbon - 14?
a. a chemical that is inside living things
b. a method archeologists use to determine age
c. both a & b
c. both a & b
What can footprint fossils tell us about dinosaurs?
how big they were
What material was the mosquito in Jurassic Park preserved in?
Amber