EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
Question
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an animal burrow
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a bone
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a footprint
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a toothmark
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Detailed explanation-1: -Body fossils, unsurprisingly, are parts of organism bodies. These include teeth, bones, skin, eggs, leaves, wood and bark.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some examples of body fossils include bones, teeth, feathers, or claws. Body fossils are fossils that come from the organism itself. The dinosaur bones found in museums are a type of body fossil. Preserved feathers or hair are also body fossils.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -Two examples of body fossils – bones and teeth – are the most common types of fossils.