EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a plant covered by a lava flow
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a small lizard covered by tree sap
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a deer killed and eaten by predators
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a bacterium dead on the bottom of the ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Organisms with hard parts (bones, shells) have a good chance of fossilization while soft-bodied organisms are rarely fossilized. The enamel and dentin of teeth are harder than bone and as a result, teeth are more likely to be fossilized than other parts of a vertebrate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hard parts of plants and animals, such as skeletons and shells, are most likely to be preserved as fossils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which parts of an organism are most likely to be preserved as fossils and why? Hard parts of an organism generally leave fossils. These hard parts include bones, shells, teeth, seeds, and woody stems.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is because the hard parts of organisms are the most likely to survive long enough to be fossilized. If you think about our most common fossils of prehistoric animals, they are typically bones, teeth, claws, shells, and the exoskeletons of arthropods.