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Organisms are most likely to be fossilized when they are buried in sedimentary environments with low oxygen levels, such as deep underwater or in sediment layers on the ocean floor. The lack of oxygen slows down decomposition processes that would destroy the organic material, allowing for fossilization to occur.
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Why doesnt everything fossilize?
Not all organisms are preserved as fossils because the conditions required for fossilization are rare. Factors such as rapid burial, absence of oxygen, and the presence of minerals must align to preserve an organism as a fossil. Additionally, the soft tissues of organisms often decay before they can be fossilized.
Is natural gas is formed from dead organisms buried in sediments?
yes
What type of organism would be most useful as an index fossil?
Those that have hard parts that fossilize, are plentiful, ubiquitous and evolve rapidly.
What conditions are needed to fossilize an organism?
The condition that is necessary for an organism to become a fossil is rapid burial. The process itself is known as taphonomy. This rapid burial process keeps the organism from decaying naturally.
What is a resource formed mainly from the remains of microscopic-sized marine organisms buried beneath the ground?
Coal
Why do you not have many fossil records from the Precambrian era?
Most life-forms were single-celled, with no hard parts to fossilize.
Which is most likely to fossilize a cla or a jellyfish?
A clam.
What animal parts fossilize best?
Bones typically fossilize the most. There are some examples of fossilized feathers and hair, but it's rare.
Why doesnt everything fossilize?
Not all organisms are preserved as fossils because the conditions required for fossilization are rare. Factors such as rapid burial, absence of oxygen, and the presence of minerals must align to preserve an organism as a fossil. Additionally, the soft tissues of organisms often decay before they can be fossilized.
What is most difficult to fossilize fish mammals plants or snail?
snail
Why is a clam most likely to fossilize?
Clam shells are quite durable.
What is liquid from the remains of marine organisms?
The liquid from the remains of marine organisms is known as oil. When marine organisms die, their remains settle on the ocean floor and gradually undergo a process that turns them into oil under high pressure and temperature. Oil is a fossil fuel that is extracted from the Earth's crust and refined for various purposes, such as fuel and lubrication.
What are three factors that could prevent an organism from long ago from ever turning up in a fossil collection today?
Not all organisms are equally protected from destruction after death, have structures which fossilize readily, or live and die in environments conducive to fossilization. Even if fossilization does occur, the fossil is subject to destructive geologic forces such as melting, crushing or erosion. And finally, most fossils remain hidden from us, buried deep inside the Earth.
Which is the first step in the process during the formation of molded fossils?
Organisms are buried under sediment.
What would retain the most detailed impressions of fossilized organisms?
An ancient, rainforest lateritic soil buried by basalt lava flows
Why is a mammoth more likely to fossilize than a caterpillar?
A mammoth is more likely to fossilize than a caterpillar because a caterpillar has no hard tissue. Bones and cartilage are much more likely to fossilize.
What describes why the fossil record for invertebrates is fragmentary?
Most invertebrates do not fossilize because of the lack of bones or exoskeleton. Soft tissue rarely fossilizes. B for PLATO users
