Biology GCSE
Trace fossils
What Trace fossils means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Trace fossils
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Footprints, burrows and rootlet traces can be filled or coated by sediment that later becomes rock, preserving traces rather than body parts.
Topics that use Trace fossils
- Fossils (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Change over geological time
- Common ancestry
- Comparing fossil and living structures
- Conditions for decay
- Data handling skills
- Decay and preservation
- Evidence and bias
- Evidence for evolution
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