1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
lesya [120]
3 years ago
13

Why are fossils of early life on earth more rare than fossils of plants and animals from the past few hundred million years?

Geography
1 answer:
docker41 [41]3 years ago
3 0

There are multiple reasons why the fossils of the animals and plants of the more distant past are much more rare than the fossils of the animals and plants from the past few hundred million years. The earlier life organisms were much less complex, often lacking solid body structures. That means that the chances that they can be preserved are very low from the start. The fossils can not last forever, and in order for fossils to be preserved over such a long time there has to be very specials conditions in which the fossils have been preserved, and that is very rare. The movement of the tectonic plates has resulted in the disappearance of parts of some plates, or even all of them, while also creating new ones. The parts of the oldest crust have almost entirely been destroyed through subduction, thus getting below other plates and being melted in the astenosphere.

You might be interested in
A region’s main roads are related to its physical features. true or false
AlladinOne [14]
A region’s main roads is true
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Plz help me and thanks so much for ur help
mel-nik [20]
8 1/5 = 8.2 -2 
=6.2 * 4^3 (4*4*4)
=396.8 + 24.6
= 421.4
3 0
3 years ago
Your family is seriously concerned about the possible dangers of nuclear power. Where is the best state for your family to move?
Elena-2011 [213]

Answer:

Utah

Explanation:

All the rest of the cities have plenty of nuclear power except for Utah.

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The volcanoes of hawaii are localized above a deep mantle hot spot; they are not part of the east pacific oceanic ridge.
user100 [1]
Fales...............................

4 0
3 years ago
Aquaculture and fish farming can create environmental problems because they __________.
Mrrafil [7]
B is the correct answer
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • What natural resources does israel extract from the dead sea? minerals water petroleum chemicals
    13·2 answers
  • all of the following are examples of forced migration due to government-imposed expulsion, except __________. A. British prisone
    13·2 answers
  • Where is gold found in Latin America and the Caribbean
    6·1 answer
  • How are relative dating and absolute dating different?
    7·1 answer
  • What experiments did Tuttle and Bowen perform? a. tests of the temperature and pressure conditions required to melt granite and
    14·1 answer
  • Ecosystems are in danger from all of the following except
    12·1 answer
  • Geography what mountain in switzerland includes three types of glacial erosion
    5·1 answer
  • What does indigenous mean?
    13·1 answer
  • In Brazil, Bolivia and Peru most of the people make their livings through
    15·1 answer
  • Which company designed a network that apparently became internet​
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!