Question

Choose the best definition of a fossil. any trace of an organism that has been converted into rock the process that leads to preservation of any body part from an organism that lived in the past any trace of an organism that lived in the past a bone, tooth, shell, or other hard part of an organism that has been preserved

Answer 1

The best definition of a fossil is any trace of an organism that lived in the past. Technically, a couple of the other choices (i.e. trace of an organism turned to rock, a hard part of an organism that has been preserved) could be considered within this group.