GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

FOSSILS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once ____
A
underwater
B
a desert
C
much colder
D
much warmer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Paleontologists are specialized types of scientists that study prehistoric life from fossilized evidence to infer what life was like long ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -12. If you find fossils of fish and other marine creatures in a desert, what can you infer about the history of the desert? Marine fossils discovered in a desert environment indicate that at one time, the desert must have been an aquatic environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky? A Sea once covered the area.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fossils can give us a general idea of an organism’s size, how it has changed or evolved, and where it lived on Earth. Scientists and researchers can learn immense amounts of information from fossils.

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