Fossils

The preserved remains, the body, or other traces of ancient life.

Type of fossils that preserve the shape of the organism's body.

A fossil preservation of what an organism left behind, like its footprints or feces.

Fossil are a rare occurrence.

Organisms must be slowing buried by sediment to help with fossilization.

Organisms like squid and octopus fossilize better than organisms like mollusks.

Layers of sediment protect the remains from decomposition, scavenging, and erosion.

Fossils are usually the actual bones of the organisms.

Organisms with bones and shells fossilize better than softer organisms like jellyfish.

Which of the following is NOT an example of biomes.