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What conditions are necessary for animals and plants to become fossils?
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∙ 9y ago
The animal or plants needs to be covered in a sedimentary silt or mud, for a very long time.
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Why do plants and animals do not become fossils?
why do you think many animals and plants did not become fossils
Why do most plants and animals do not become fossils?
why do you think many animals and plants did not become fossils
What animals don't become fossils?
Any internal organs. Only bones become fossils.
Why do most animals become a fossil?
Most animals do not become fossils because the conditions for fossilization are rare. Fossilization typically occurs when an animal is quickly buried in sediment and undergoes a process called mineralization, where minerals replace the organic material. Many animals decay or are consumed by scavengers before this process can occur. Only a small fraction of all organisms that have lived on Earth are preserved as fossils.
What happens to animals that become extinct?
Animals that become extict have fossils or bones left from when they die.
Can some plants and animals become fossils?
yes!
How long did it take for animals to become fossils?
1000 years
Is it possible for people to become fossils?
Yes, just the same as fish and animals have become fossils. It may take many thousands of years.
Why do very few animals become fossils after they die?
They don't decompose at the right rate or at the right place or at the right temperature.
What part of the fossil is found?
Harder parts of organisms become fossils. For example vasculature in plants and bones of animals are best preserves in the fossils.
How did fossils become traced?
they become trace fossils because they made the prints
How did print become trace fossils?
they become trace fossils because they made the prints
