what is a fossil?

Answer 1

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well it is the remains of any plant or animal matter whic hgo t stuck between rocks
thats y petroleum fules are called fossil fuels

Answer 2

fossil: Most commonly, an organism, a physical part of an organism, or an imprint of an organism that has been preserved from ancient times in rock, amber, or by some other means. New techniques have also revealed the existence of cellular and molecular fossils.

Fossils can be formed in several ways. Buried bone and shell contain tiny air spaces into which water can seep, depositing minerals. Reinforced by these mineral deposits, bone and shell can survive for millions of years. Even if the bone or shell dissolves, the mineral deposits in the shape of the body structure remain.

Besides rock, fossils may be found as the result of an organism being entombed in ice, tar (like the famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles), or amber, in which ancient insects have been found, wonderfully preserved. Rare but highly informative are fossils created by a sudden event, like a volcanic eruption, that traps living things or, in the famous case in Laetoli, Ethiopia, footprints of human ancestors millions of years old.

Answer 3

Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa (phylogeny) are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology.

Answer 4

Originally it meant almost any oddity dug out of the ground, including mineral crystals. The meaning has become more restricted to refering to remains and other evidence of animals that have been preserved in stone, with the inclusion of coal and amber as stones.

Answer 5

In a nutshell, it is a physical remnant of an organism that has been preserved (there are many different forms of preservation) over a significant geological period of time.

Answer 6

A living thing that died long ago
and was burried under soil for centuries
and which results in change in its physical
and chemical characteristics