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Question

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

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

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

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.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes why most individual organisms never fossilized is:

Conditions for fossilization are rare.

This is because fossilization requires specific environmental conditions, and most organisms do not end up in those conditions before they decompose.