2006-08-08 14:48:04 · 17 answers · asked by Amber 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
What is a Paleobotanist?
PALEOBOTANY
Botany is the study of plants. Paleobotany is the study of fossil plants found buried in sediments and rocks, and is one of many fields of study within the broad science of botany. A paleobotanist is a person who studies fossil plants.
NAMING FOSSIL PLANTS
Plants, unlike most animals for example, naturally break apart into pieces while they are alive. For example, pollen is released in the Spring (causing one's allergies to act up) and leaves fall in the Autumn. In fact, it is quite normal to find a leaf here, a branch there and a seed somewhere else. When a plant dies, the plant breaks apart into still more pieces. When looking for fossil plants, a leaf is found here and a branch is found over there. It is relatively rare to find a leaf attached to a branch to show that they belong to the same plant. As a result paleobotanists usually give a different name to each part of a plant until they can show that they were part of the same plant (that is, they find the leaf attached to a branch). This method of naming fossil plants is why there are different names for different parts of a single plant.
2006-08-08 14:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paleobotanist
2016-10-06 23:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study prehistoric plants, from fossils and fossilized animal poop. Some career, huh?
2006-08-08 14:52:19 · answer #3 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dig up plant fossils and study prehistoric plants.
2006-08-08 14:59:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They study fossils of plants
2006-08-08 14:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Studies extinct plants or plants that are extremely old geologically speaking.
2006-08-08 14:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by aniMALuVA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the person that works in a lab at a hospital, that draws your blood, and performs the tests requested by the doctor
2006-08-08 14:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by patclem2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm... a botanist is someone who studies plants, and a paleontologist is someone who studies dinosaurs etc, so put two and two together. Hope this helps
2006-08-08 14:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the study of prehistoric plants
2006-08-08 14:50:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't paleo the study of dinosaurs and botany is plants so perhaps they study prehistoric plant life??
2006-08-08 14:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by rissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋