fossilization
Fossils can preserve bones, shells, tracks, and other traces. This topic is part of Paleontology within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
fossilization trivia questions
Fossilization preserves evidence of what?
Answer: Past life
Bonus fact: Fossils can preserve bones, shells, tracks, and other traces.
Rapid burial improves the chance of fossilization by reducing what?
Answer: Decay and scavenging
Bonus fact: Burial protects remains from destruction.
What process replaces original biological material with minerals over time?
Answer: Permineralization
Bonus fact: Mineral-rich water fills pores and can harden remains.
Gaps in the fossil record exist partly because fossilization is what?
Answer: Rare
Bonus fact: Most organisms decay without becoming fossils.
What is taphonomy the study of?
Answer: What happens from an organism’s death until fossilization
Bonus fact: Rapid burial and hard body parts increase the odds that remains will enter the fossil record.