An animal dies and falls into a river. Over time sand, rock, and other material settle on top of the animal remains, completely covering it. What type of rock might form to preserve this fossil? Lava igneous metamorphic sedimentary basaltic

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Fiona Carrillo

30 June, 06:50

An animal dies and falls into a river. Over time sand, rock, and other material settle on top of the animal remains, completely covering it. What type of rock might form to preserve this fossil? Lava igneous metamorphic sedimentary basaltic

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Sidney Gilmore · Answer 1

Sedimentary would be your answer. Sediment is the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid, so as rocks, dirt and mud settled over the dead body it would fossilize inside the sedimentary rock.