Bill Nye- Dinosaurs

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What do fossils tell us about dinosaurs?

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Fossils provide information about how big dinosaurs were, what they ate, and how fast they could run, but not the color of their outer covering.

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How many dinosaurs do we know about?

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We know about a few thousand dinosaurs out of the millions that lived.

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What do we find that helps us learn about dinosaurs?

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We learn about dinosaurs by finding their fossilized bones.

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What do scientists measure to determine the age of a fossil?

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Scientists measure the amounts of radioactive Potassium and Argon to figure out when the fossil was buried and its age.

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What usually buries an organism to become a fossil?

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An organism is usually buried by erosion.

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What is a fossil?

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A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.

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What are dinosaur bones?

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Dinosaur bones are the hard structures that make up the skeletons of dinosaurs, which can be fossilized.

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What is the process of fossilization?

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Fossilization is the process by which an organism's remains are preserved over time, often through burial and mineralization.

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What can we learn from dinosaur footprints?

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Dinosaur footprints can tell us about their size, speed, and behavior.

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What is paleontology?

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Paleontology is the scientific study of the history of life on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.