please answer got sats 2moz!!
2007-05-07 01:43:36 · 14 answers · asked by girlyyyy 1 in Environment
This is the BEST of Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+fossil
2007-05-07 01:54:25 · answer #1 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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, both discovered and undiscovered, 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.
2007-05-07 08:48:34 · answer #2 · answered by jbone907 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The body of a prehistoric animal leaves an impression, in ground that becomes replaced with stone little by little. That is a fossil. Trees can become fossilized, too.
2007-05-07 08:50:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fossil is a brand of wrist-watch....(or as you probably meant)
Fossils are the mineralized remains of animals or plants or other traces such as footprints. The totality of fossils and their placement in rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils is called paleontology.
2007-05-07 08:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
these are the bone structures found buried underground by archeologists. they are what's left of the past, say, dinosaur bones. fossils are different from artifacts, though. some people get confused with them. artifacts, on the other hand, are the tools and materials used by the early people and are also found buried underground, like broken pottery and old spears. fossils are bones of animals and people that had been buried by the earth due to erosion.
2007-05-07 08:49:56 · answer #5 · answered by I'm his Winona 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're about to take your SATs and you don't know what a fossil is?
Dear Lord in Heaven, what has happened to this country?
2007-05-07 08:47:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most talk about it that is animals but the plant fossil is what recycles our fossil fuels.
2007-05-07 12:04:31 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG! How old are you? Cuz if you're over 12 years old I suggest you go to a doctor. Oh, and get a dictionary.
2007-05-07 08:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by monabonbona 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
2007-05-07 08:53:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its when bones decay in the ground for years , people dig them up and its called FOSSILS!
2007-05-07 08:49:48 · answer #10 · answered by paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋