GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

FOSSILS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a fossils?
A
Remains of plant and animals that have turned to compost.
B
Remains of stone turned to plants and animals.
C
Remains of ancient plants and animals that have turned to stone.
D
Anything that looks like a rock.
Explanation: 

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 are impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age that has been preserved in Earth’s crust.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are four main types of fossils, all formed in a different way, which are conducive to preserving different types of organisms. These are mold fossils, cast fossils, trace fossils and true form fossils.

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