Question

Petrification occurs when:

(A) soft body parts are preserved
(B) shell and bone are replaced with minerals
(C) animals are preserved in oil seeps
(D) oxygen comes in contact with the dead organism

Answer 1

(B) shell and bone are replaced with minerals

Step-by-step explanation:

Petrification is simply turning into stones. It is one of the ways of fossilization which helps to preserve an organism from decay and total loss from the stratigraphic record.

• In this process, soft parts of an organism are replaced by minerals
• The minerals crystallize and becomes solidified.

This process is therefore known as petrification.