Information about fossils

What are fossils?


What is above?

The video above is an example of fossils and what they are

What type of rock fossils form in?

Types of rock that normally lack fossils are metamorphic rocks (formed from sedimentary rock under heat and pressure), and igneous rocks (the result of molten or volcanic rock that later cooled.)
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How are they formed?

Fossils are created in a number of different ways, but most are formed when a plant or animal dies in a watery environment and is buried in mud and silt. Soft tissues quickly decompose leaving the hard bones or shells behind. Over a long period of time sediment builds over the top and hardens into rock. Thus creating fossils!!!

The process of being fossilized!

First and animal dies n a lake or ocean. Then the skin or the outer layer of the animal is decomposed so it leaves bones and shells. Finally sediment apply enough pressure that the bones leave an imprint on the rock.
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