GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks and hold the clues to life on Earth long ago. Limestone: You humans would know so little without rocks like me. After all, fossils of extinct animals like dinosaurs and woolly mammoths are found in sedimentary rocks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Petrification (petros means stone) occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone.