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Evolution and Natural Selection
There are similarities and differences between organisms living today, and between organisms living today and th…
Item EN013002: The term 'fossil' can refer to both a bone in which the original matter has been replaced by rock and an impression left by a bone in rock.
The term "fossil" can refer to which of the following?
- A bone in which the original matter has been replaced by rock but not an impression left by a bone in rock
- An impression left by bone in rock but not a bone in which the original matter has been replaced by rock
- Both a bone in which the original matter has been replaced by rock and an impression left by a bone in rock
- Neither an impression left by a bone in rock nor a bone in which the original matter has been replaced by rock
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