Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Petrification occurs when


A) All of the answer choices are correct.
B) a whole organism is trapped in a plant resin.
C) the imprint of an animal fills with mud, that later hardens to rock.
D) a leaf sinks into water and fine sediment covers the leaf and compresses.
E) minerals replace the organic material left by a decaying organism.

Answer

E