One of the reasons we try and learn more about the dinosaurs and how they lived is because the better we understand ecosystems of the past, the better we understand our own ecosystem. The Web of Life Animals and plants in an ecosystem help support each other by providing what each needs to live. This is called the web of life. It means all things are connected-just like the strands of a spiders web. Light from the sun and minerals from the soil enable plants to make food.
Some animals eat both plants and meat.
One way that you and your family are helping to protect the dinosaurs is through national parks like Dinosaur National Monument. Part of our job is to take care of the bones and other fossils which are found here so we can learn everything we can from them. That's why visitors are not allowed to collect a fossil if they find one. The Dinosaur Nature Asscosiation sells books, posters and videos avbout dinosaurs at the visitors center in DInosaur National Monument.