AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fossils are the remains or traces of ancient life that have been preserved by natural processes. Examples of fossil include shells, bones, stone imprints of animals or microbes, exoskeletons, objects preserved in amber, petrified wood, coal, hair, oil, and DNA remnants.

Detailed explanation-2: -fossil, remnant, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age that has been preserved in Earth’s crust.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fossils: Fossils are preserved parts of dead organisms. This is the impression of once-living organisms on the earth. Examples of fossils are animal bones, shells, stone imprints, cast molds, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fossils are remains of ancient life that are left behind and preserved by natural processes. From skeletons to sea shells all come under the category of fossils.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments, such as sand and mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers. Fossils also include any preserved trace of life that is typically more than 10 000 years old.