GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paleontologists study fossils to help understand the evolution and the history of life on Earth. Fossils also tell us about ancient ecosystems and climates, and how climate change can affect life.

Detailed explanation-2: -A paleontologist uses many tools, including chisels, rock hammers, and brushes. In the field of paleontology, many different kinds of tools are utilized. Chisels and rock hammers are used to get at fossils embedded in sandstone or mudstone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paleontology is the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock.

Detailed explanation-4: -To find fossils, paleontologists first carry out an operation called prospecting, which involves hiking while keeping one’s eyes focused on the ground in hopes of finding fragments of fossils on the surface.