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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A person the that studies all living things is called this.biologistzoologistgeologistanthropologist
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the job of an Archaeologist?to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifactsTo study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaursTo find cool stuff undergroundTo study the relationship between geography and fossils
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following would be considered a fossil?decayed plant remainsclay potsscrollsarrowhead
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Scientist who study the remains of past human life.ancestorsarchaeologistdescendantarchitect - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is calledsitewashholelaboratory
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A scientist who studies the origin, culture, and values of different people is a/ananthropologistbotanistculturistornithologist
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A screen is used in archaeology to do what?to measure artifactssift through dirt to find artifactsto remove dirt from groundto excavate
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What test would be the best way to analyze the date of a fossil or artifact?Carbon Ray testArtifact testingArchaeological datingCarbon Dating
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Archaeology is important because it helps us understand our ______.pastpresentfuturedreams
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an artifact?An imprint of a plant from long agoThe remains of a person from long agoA food prepared or eaten by humansAn object made or used by humans
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A person that studies the beginnings and structure of the earth is called this.geologistbiologistzoologistpaleontologist
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An unproved scientific conclusion drawn from known facts.
theory
hypothesis
carbon-14
midden
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The method of determining how old something is by keeping track of the layers of soil in which they are found is called.carbon-14 datingstratigraphymiddenfinds
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An ancient garbage heapmiddenfindsiteartifact
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A radioactive isotope of carbon used to date the age of fossils, artifacts, and other objects.carbon-14middenstratigraphysite
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This word means the study of ancient things. Its root means ancient.anthropologistarchaeologytheoryhypothesis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.One way scientists find archaeology sites is by looking for strange changes or patterns in the terrain, trees, or plants.TRUEFALSE
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following items do archaeologists use at a site?shovelsbrushesbooksAll of these
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Archaeologists study these five things to in order to make theories about the people or artifacts they are studying.
communication, culture, community, religion, bones
religion, bones, churches, media, communication
language, bones, artifacts, community, culture
community, media, culture, religion, language
culture, community, communication, religion, traditions