Fossil Formation

Question 1

What are fossils

Answer 1

Remains of organisms that once lived and have been preserved odor a long time

Question 2

What are the types of fossils

Answer 2

Trace fossil 
Petrified fossil
Carbonised fossil
Unaltered fossil
Resin
Cast fossil

Question 3

What is relative dating and how does it work

Answer 3

It is a method of dating fossils
Based on sedimentary layers above and below a fossil
Older fossils occur in sedimentary layers below and recent fossils occur in sedimentary layers above the fossil

Question 4

Name a method of dating fossils and how does it work

Answer 4

Radiometric dating
Based on radioactivity of elements
Carbon dating