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Mercury's SURFACE strongly resembles that of EARTH's SURFACE, with very large impact CRATERS
Mercury, the second densest of all planets shares an exterior similarity with the Earth's moon. Given the rough-like exterior feature of the moon, Mercury surface is scarred by craters due to the collisions of comets and meteroids.
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A cell carries out it's normal functions during mitosis
Wiping off the surface of the lab table with a disinfectant
I don't know if this helps or not but you would want to know the age of the rock (absolute dating) and from there you will be able to know the age of the fossil and what caused it to die.