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Fossils that include bones can indicate the overall size of an animal, and how its structure was adapted for the environment. For plants, archaeologists can determine the general classification and how the plant may be related to modern plants. Fossils can also indicate how similar organisms changed in geographic distribution as later species took the place of earlier ones.
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ProfessorScientists can learn a lot of things about fossils. Here are just a few.
1. We can learn what types of organisms lived at what times and where they lived.
2. We can learn about when certain groups of animals evolved and what their ancestors were like.
3. We can learn how the continents drifted by comparing where fossil species have been found (for example, a species that was found in Africa and South America but couldn't cross an ocean would tell us that Africa and South America used to be connected.
4. We can learn about organisms that no longer exist, including what they ate and looked like, how big they were, and other traits.
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What kind of organisms do the earliest fossils represent?
The earliest fossils represent plants.
What kind of matter that makes up earth interior help scientists make inferences?
scientists know the mass and the volume of earth how could this information help them make inferences about thr kind of matter that makes up the earth interior
What kind of experiments do scientists do on mummies?
Scientists do not do experiments on Egyptian mummies, they study them to learn about those people. They do x-rays, computed tomography, and other nondestructive imaging so they can understand how they lived, what their health status was, and how they died.
The kind of rock that you are most likely to find in fossils?
Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.
When scientists use their five senses this gathers what kind of information?
Qualitative Information - color,shape, texture, etc. As opposed to quantitative information. But the questions flawed as humans have many more than five senses.
