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Question bank: Unit 4 — Dating Planet Earth

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1.
Which condition helps a dead organism become a fossil?
Being left in the open air
Quick burial in sediments
Being eaten by scavengers
Being exposed to oxygen for years
2.
Mammoths found preserved with skin and hair were preserved in:
amber
permafrost (ice)
limestone
sand
3.
Why are fossils of soft-bodied organisms rare?
They live in deserts
Their soft tissue decays quickly before burial
They are too small to see
They do not exist
4.
Which fossil is best for obtaining intact soft tissue from an extinct organism?
A mold in limestone
A footprint in mud
A petrified tree
A whole body preserved in ice
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