Question

Several factors affect an organisms ability to fossilize. A sedimentary depositional environment allows organisms to be buried by sediment before ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

This should be before decay, weathering, or scavengers destroy the remains.

Explanation:

A depositional environment may be seen as a location where sediments such as detrital, chemical accumulated, governed by physical, biological, and chemical processes related to contemporary and applied to ancient environments, and lithified into sedimentary rock units. Hence, it allows organisms to be buried by sediment before decay, weathering, or scavengers destroy the remains.