GEOLOGY
STRATIGRAPHY
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Question
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Trace fossils are part of the original organism.
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Trace fossils are fossilized teeth of an animal.
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Trace fossils are fossilized tracks and other evidence of an organism’s activities.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fossils of bones, teeth, and shells are called body fossils. Most dinosaur fossils are collections of body fossils. Trace fossils are rocks that have preserved evidence of biological activity. They are not fossilized remains, just the traces of organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -These fossils are different from body fossils that preserve the actual remains of a body such as shells or bones. Trace fossils are classified based on an organism’s shape and behaviors rather than on its physical form.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fossils are classified as either body fossils or trace fossils. Body fossils were parts of the organism, such as bones or teeth. Trace fossils include foot impressions, eggs, burrows, and dung.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tracks and trails can categorized as trace fossils. As with all other trace fossils, tracks and trails tell more about the organism’s behavior rather than the organism itself. These traces are typically formed when an organism moves over the surface of soft sediment and leaves an impression of its movement behind.
Detailed explanation-5: -Trace fossils provide us with indirect evidence of life in the past, such as the footprints, tracks, burrows, borings, and feces left behind by animals, rather than the preserved remains of the body of the actual animal itself.