Which Would Least Likely Become Fossilized

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which would least likely become fossilized?

• A) a fly caught in amber
• B) a plant leaf in sedimentary rock
• C) a vertebrate buried by volcanic ash
• D) an invertebrate on the sea floor
• E) a snail caught in a mudslide

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of a population's characteristics, calculated by summing all individual values and dividing by the number of individuals.

Confidence Level

The probability that a parameter lies within a specified range of values, often used in interval estimation to convey the reliability of an estimate.

Assignable Cause

An identifiable factor that causes a change or variation in a process or system, distinguishable from random variation.

Variation

The degree to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean, indicating the dispersion within the dataset.