EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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Question
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Layers of sediment cover the bones
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Erosion removes rock layers and reveals the fossil.
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The soft parts of the body rot away.
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Pressure turns the sediments into rock. The bones slowly decay are and replaced by minerals
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An Animal dies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Four types of process contribute to the formation of a fossil. These are mineralization, carbonization, encrustation and distillation. They occur once an organism has become trapped within the surrounding sediment, and primarily depend on the mineral composition of silt and water.
Detailed explanation-2: -preserved remains. permineralization. molds and casts. replacement. compression. 08-Jun-2022
Detailed explanation-3: -death. Death must occur if the process is to begin. decomposition. The soft tissue decomposes, if not eaten by scavengers, leaving only the bones behind. transportation. weathering and burial. fossilization. erosion and discovery.
Detailed explanation-4: -Body Fossils. Molecular Fossils. Trace Fossils. Carbon Fossils. Pseudofossils.