Which of the following would prevent an organism from becoming part of the fossil record when it dies?
a) it is buried in fine sediments at the bottom of a lake.
b) it is frozen in ice.
c) it gets trapped in sap.
d) it is fully decomposed by bacteria and fungi.

Option D

Explanation:

A fossil can be defined as the imprint or plant or animal that is preserved in the environment which can be used to known the organism or environment at that time.

The fossil formation takes place when the organism is trapped in ice, trapped in sap or it gets buried in fine sediments at the bottom of the lake.

In these cases the animals dies and remains as it is to form fossil but if incase the animals is completely decomposed by the bacteria and fungi then it cannot be transformed into a fossil as there will be no remains left.

The correct answer is option D

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hey, i believe your answer would be d. sugar ribose and the base uracil. i believe this is the answer, because rna consists of sugar ribose, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil.

your first option is incorrect, because that's dna. where it consists of sugar deoxyribose, adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine.

your second option is also incorrect, this is because sugar deoxyribose is in dna, and uracil is in rna. these two do not make sense together.

your third option being incorrect, because sugar ribose is in rna, but not the base of thymine. rna consists of uracil, not thymine.

lastly your fourth option being correct! this answer is correct, because both sugar ribose, and the base uracil are in rna! ~

answer is d. sugar ribose and the base uracil.