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What criteria can you use to distinguish fossil bone from rock?     Bone is very smooth, while rock tends to be porous and rough.     Bone is very soft, while rock is much harder     Bone is porous, with a spongy texture, while rock is not     There is no way to tell the difference between bone and rock

What criteria can you use to distinguish fossil bone from rock?     Bone is very smooth, while rock tends to be porous and rough.     Bone is very soft, while rock is much harder     Bone is porous, with a spongy texture, while rock is not     There is no way to tell the difference between bone and rock

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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What criteria can you use to distinguish fossil bone from rock?

   

Bone is very smooth, while rock tends to be porous and rough.
   

Bone is very soft, while rock is much harder
   

Bone is porous, with a spongy texture, while rock is not
   

There is no way to tell the difference between bone and rock
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Fossils are the remnants of plants and animals that lived long ago. It may be in different forms, teeth, bones, eggs, casts, etc.

There are three basic guidelines for fossil identification. We can identify fossils by observing their colour, texture and shape.  

 

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