BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 16, Problem 5SA
In which type of rock are you more likely to find a fossil?
| a. basalt, a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock |
| b. limestone, composed of calcium carbonate sediments |
| c. slate, a volcanic melted and cooled shale |
| d. granite, which forms by crystallization of molten rock below the surface of the Earth |
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