Biological evidence for climate change

Question 1

What is pollen preserved in?

Answer 1

Sediment

Question 2

What do scientists do when studying preserved pollen?

Answer 2

Identify the plant it came from

Date the sediment the pollen is found in so they know when it was deposited

Question 3

How does studying pollen help find out past climates?

Answer 3

Scientists know the climatic conditions that plants live in now. When they find preserved pollen from similar plants, it helps them understand what the climate was like when the pollen was produced

Question 4

What are Coleoptera?

Answer 4

Beetles whose remains are easily preserved in sediments

Question 5

Where do different species of Coleoptera live?

Answer 5

In different climatic condtions

Question 6

What can scientists do with Coleoptera?

Answer 6

The can identify the species of Coleoptera in a sediment, and use it to build up a picture of the climate when the sediment was laid down