Combined Science GCSE
Behaviour recorded by traces
What Behaviour recorded by traces means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Behaviour recorded by traces
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Trace fossils reveal behaviour and movement, which body fossils often cannot, adding evidence about how organisms lived.
Topics that use Behaviour recorded by traces
- Fossils (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Common ancestry
- Comparing fossil and living structures
- Decay and preservation
- Evidence for relationships between organisms
- Extinction
- Fossils
- Incomplete fossil record
- Preservation and decay
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