Question

Alex listed the typical steps of fossil formation. 1) An organism dies. 2) The remains fall to the bottom of the ocean. 3) The soft portions decay, and the hard portions remain. 4) The sediment becomes rock. Which statement describes the missing step?

Answer 1

Explanation:1. an organism dies.

2. the remains fall to the bottom of the ocean.

3. the soft portions decay and the hard portions remain.

4. The body remains buried deeper in the sediment  and pressure from rocks and acid dissolve the body and leaves an empty mold.

And then the sediment becomes rock.

Answer 2

The statement which is missing is that the the dead and decaying parts of the organism gets trapped with the layers of the soil and get compress to form fossils.

Explanation:

• Fossil is made up of dead and decaying organisms stop the first step is the soft portion gets difficult and the heart portion gets trapped between different layers of the tectonic plate which is present in the earth.

• As a result of this due to high temperature and high pressure they get differentiated into a different type of carbonic substance. This forms fossils rocks.

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