GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -’Preserve’ means to maintain something in its original or existing state. ‘Uphold’ means to support something. ‘Accumulate’ means to gather together.

Detailed explanation-2: -: to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction : protect. : to keep alive, intact, or free from decay. : maintain. 3. : to keep or save from decomposition.

Detailed explanation-3: -noun phrase : the condition in which something has been kept. The ancient paintings were found in a perfect state of preservation.

Detailed explanation-4: -conserve, defend, freeze, keep, perpetuate, protect, retain, safeguard, save, secure, store, sustain, uphold, bottle, can, cure, evaporate, guard, mothball, mummify.

Detailed explanation-5: -: the act, process, or result of preserving something: such as. : the activity or process of keeping something valued alive, intact, or free from damage or decay. preservation of state parks/monuments. preservation of an old tradition.