Question

Which of the following statements is true about fossilization ? * a: It is a common occurrence. b: It is more common for animals from mountains and forests than from those from deserts and oceans. c: Small animals with lightweight and thin bones are more likely to become fossils than large animals with heavy dense bones. d: None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

Bro I wish A is the correct answer

Answer 2

Answer:

d. None of the above is the correct option.

Explanation:

• Fossilization is the process in which remnants of animals, plants, or other living organisms are preserved because of physical, chemical, and biological processes over a long period.
• Fossilization is a rare occurrence as it requires hundreds of years and sediments that cover it for a long duration.

• Fossils are found where there is the presence of sedimentary rock and are more common in wet, floodplains, lakes, and estuaries because the deposition rate is high, and the first step in fossilization is burial.
• Forests contain a risk of scavengers or decomposition by microorganisms due to which fossils are scarce there.
• Oceanic Fossils can be found at a place that was previously covered by the Ocean.

• Fossils can be found in the mountains if their sedimentary rocks are exposed.
• Also, the desert is not a very good environment for fossilization, it is just easier to find bones in the desert.
• Small animals with lightweight and thin bones are less likely to become fossils than large animals with heavy dense bones because the thin and lightweight bones break quickly after the death of the organism.