Question

Select the statement(s) that accurately describe the characteristics of fossils.


Fossils are preserved remains, impressions, or traces of a once-living thing

Fossils were not a significant part of Darwin's observations.

Fossils give clues about the Earth's past.

Fossils provide little evidence about living things from the past.

Fossils can be as small as an imprint or as large as a complete skeleton.

Answer 1

Correct statements: 1, 3, and 5.

- Fossils are preserved remains, impressions, or traces of once-living things. (True — standard definition.)
- Fossils give clues about the Earth's past. (True — they inform us about past life, environments, and geological history.)
- Fossils can be as small as an imprint or as large as a complete skeleton. (True — preservation ranges from tiny trace fossils to whole skeletons.)

Statements 2 and 4 are false.