EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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Remains of food that has been eaten by the organism.
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Fossils are alive organisms that feed on dead organisms.
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Fossils are dead remains of organisms that are formed into rocks over the years.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Paleontology is the study of fossils.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Fossil is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any dead organism which was living in the past from a different geological age. Examples of these could be bones, stone imprints of animals or microbes, exoskeletons, shells, objects preserved in petrified wood, oil, coal, and DNA remnants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sedimentary rocks have a layered appearance. They may contain fossil remains of animals and plants that were trapped as the rocks formed. These fossils can be used to date the rock.
Detailed explanation-5: -Body Fossils. Molecular Fossils. Trace Fossils. Carbon Fossils. Pseudofossils.