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The age of a plant or animal in a fossil is determined by radiocarbon dating. This means scientists measure the amount of a special type of carbon in the fossil, to determine the date.

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What is the difference between a fossil of a plant or organism and a trace of an animal?

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How do you tell how old sediments are?

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What is the difference between a fossil of a plant or organism and a trace fossil of a animal?

well to be honest they are different from each other becauce of the rock layer and other facts about the fossils and the relative age rock if notified by the fossils so anyways a fossil of plant is like a fossil but just of plant ok listen i really dont know wat im doing now so please help me


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well to be honest they are different from each other becauce of the rock layer and other facts about the fossils and the relative age rock if notified by the fossils so anyways a fossil of plant is like a fossil but just of plant ok listen i really dont know wat im doing now so please help me


What is the difference between a fossil of a plant organism and a trace fossil of an animal?

well to be honest they are different from each other becauce of the rock layer and other facts about the fossils and the relative age rock if notified by the fossils so anyways a fossil of plant is like a fossil but just of plant ok listen i really dont know wat im doing now so please help me