The following questions refer to the description below. You were asked to give a presentation about fossils to a group of young students.You tell the students that the fossil record shows how organisms can change over time,but unfortunately the fossil record is incomplete.After your talk a student tells you that his pet salamander has died and he wants his salamander to be fossilized.The boy plans to lay his salamander on the grass and cover the salamander's body with leaves and twigs.You had told the class that a critical step in the fossilization process is the burial of an organism. -Which of the statement(s)below lends support to your claim about the fossilization process?
A)Burying hides the body/carcass from scavengers. B)Burying protects the carcass from environmental elements such as rain, snow, and wind. C)Burying speeds up the process of decay by fungi. D)Burying speeds up the process of decay by bacteria. E)A and B