Question

Which statement best describes why most individual organisms never fossilized?(1 point)
Responses

Only organisms with hard parts fossilize.
Only organisms with hard parts fossilize.

Only organisms that lived in the ocean fossilize.
Only organisms that lived in the ocean fossilize.

Chemicals that fossilize organisms are rare.
Chemicals that fossilize organisms are rare.

Conditions for fossilization are rare.
Conditions for fossilization are rare.

Answer 1

Conditions for fossilization are rare. Rapid burial, low oxygen, and mineral-rich waters are needed, so most organisms decompose before fossilizing.