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Which of the following statements regarding the fossil record is FALSE? Group of answer choices The fossil record does not contain any fossil remains of plants, only animals Not every minute of Earth’s history is recorded in the rock record Paleontologists have not yet found all the fossils that are in the rocks Not all organisms have a high preservation potential

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The statement, that is, the fossil record does not contain any fossil remains of plants, only animals is false.

Step-by-step explanation:

Any trace of past life is termed as the fossil. It can be an organism's remains like shells, plants, bones, or teeth. Any activity of an organism like burrows, footprints, and feces can be known as a fossil record. Five different ways by which the formation of a fossil takes place are natural casts, permineralization, trace fossils, amber preserved, and preserved remains.

The formation of a fossil distinctly takes place, however, the majority of them formed when an animal or plant dies in a watery environment and gets buried underneath the silt and mud. In the process, the soft tissues quickly get decompose and leave behind the shells or hard bones. With time accumulation of sediments takes place over the top and solidifies into a rock.

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