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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.

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

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

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.

Fossilization requires specific conditions, such as rapid burial, appropriate sediment composition, and environmental stability, all of which do not occur frequently in nature.