Describe the process scientists use when they study fossils. Include where fossils could be found and what steps scientists take to protect fossils, once they are discovered.
The process scientists use is simple: dig, brush, repeat. Fossils can be found in areas that once had living organisms, like lakesides and lake bottoms. To protect them they use a chemical coating. Hope I helped :D
1. Fossils can help date rock horizons and can help identify similar environments when the same fossil is found in different locations;
2. Fossils helped identify how the different land masses moved/plate tectonics worked because similar fossils on different continents sometimes showed how the different land masses were once connected (e.g. Africa and South America);
3. Fossils can show how different species evolved over time.
