For each, use your observations and the clues provided toidentify the mode of preservation for each fossil. Write down thenumber of each fossil and its mode of preservation
1. This fossil wood is now very heavy and so hard that a knife will not scratch it. 2. This fossil resembles the shell of a clam, but it is smooth like the inside of a clam, not textured like the outside. 3. In life, this productid brachiopod had a shell made of calcite. When acid was used to dissolve the limestone around the fossil, the fossil did not fizz or dissolve.
For each, use your observations and the clues provided to identify the mode of preservation for each fossil. Write down
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