Question

Petrification occurs when:

Answer 1

Answer:

(B) shell and bone are replaced with minerals

Explanation:

Petrification is simply turning into stones. It is one of the ways of fossilization which helps to preserve an organism from decay and total loss from the stratigraphic record.

• In this process, soft parts of an organism are replaced by minerals
• The minerals crystallize and becomes solidified.

This process is therefore known as petrification.