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Most organic matter(living plants,insects,animals etc,) gets fossilized by the layers of sediments and with heat and pressure in millions of years become fossils.This process of preservation is not possible in other types of rocks.
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∙ 8y agoSedimentary rocks and fossil fuels are both formed over a long period of time with high pressure.
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Many (though not all) sedimentary contain fossils is the correct answer. The question did not mention "fuels" at all - and it was ungrammatical!
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∙ 12y agothey are alike because the are both rock
they are un-alike because fossils have bones or imprints in them and rocks don't
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What type of rocks have fossils found in them?
Fossils are nearly always found in some type of sedimentary rock. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which very commonly contains fossils, as is coal.
What can you find within layers of sedimentary rock?
As sedimentary rock is deposited at over time, you can find fossils in it.
Do sedimantry rocks have seashells?
Not necessarily. While nearly all fossils, including seashells, are found in sedimentary rock, most sedimentary rock does not contain fossils. Even then, those fossils will not necessarily be seashells. If you do find a rock with seashells, though, you can be pretty much guaranteed that it is sedimentary.
Why are there no fossils in a intrusion?
If you mean an intrusion via magma/lava, then fossils would not exist due to the fact that most fossils are found in SEDIMENTARY rock, not IGNEOUS (magma/lava rocks).
What does the discovery of fish fossils in sedimentary rock indicate?
This indicates that the layers of sedimentary rock that constain fish fossils (or any other marine fossil for that matter) indicate there once was a body of water lying over that are of the earth whether it being an ocean or just simply a lake.
What characteristics are most common in sedimentary rock?
they have fossils.
Type of rock in which most fossils are found?
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
The kind of rock that you are most likely to find in fossils?
Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.
Why do rock fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock-?
Fossils are formed in sedimentary rock because the rock is formed at temperatures that do not destroy the fossils like the igneous rocks would.
What sedimentary rock often has fossils?
Paleontologists are looking for fossils in sedimentary rock.
Are fossils found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?
no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.
What type of rocks have fossils found in them?
Fossils are nearly always found in some type of sedimentary rock. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which very commonly contains fossils, as is coal.
What does the rock cycle have anything to do with fossils?
Sedimentary rocks are rocks that are formed by layers of different things compacting very tightly. These layers can have a lot of different things in them, like fossils. So, sedimentary rocks are partially made up of fossils.
Fossils are most likely found in what rock?
No. They are usually found in sedimentary rock.
Why are fossils colored?
Fossils are usually found in sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock derives its color from a variety of sources, but usually from the minerals which compose the rock.
Fossils are usually found in?
sedimentary rock
Most fossils are found and what type of rock?
Sedimentary
