Based on what you know about how fossils are created, rank the following organisms based on the likelihood that they would be preserved in the fossil record.
1. Jellyfish
2. Plant Leaf
3. Coyote
4. Fish
5. Clam



Answer :

The order is : Leaf, clam, coyote, fish, jellyfish

  • The study of fossils of plant life of the geologic past is called paleobotany. Paleobotany tells us the story of preserved vestiges of the plant life of the past.
  • In simplified language paleobotany may be defined as a branch of botany which deals with the study of such plants which are living in past but extinct now.
  • The study of dead remains of the organism or their imprints preserved in the geological rocks is called fossil.
  • Fossils are used to study organisms present in the past.
  • They are present in rocks. Now they are required to be dug out. Normally the plant dies and it degeneration starts immediately. This degeneration remains continue till the entire body is broken into chemical compounds.
  • Thus no evidences of its former remain in existence. But sometimes under certain circumstances the degeneration of plant body stops. Thus parts of the body remain in visible form. These remains are known as fossils. These fossils are lifeless.

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