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Which of the following constitutes a fossil?
- A mineralized burrow of an extinct animal
- An unidentified animal found frozen in a glacier
- An ant found inside a block of amber, dating back to 110 million years
- All the above
The correct answer is: All the above
Younger rocks are formed on top of older rocks. Therefore, deeper layers of rocks are older than the layers that lie above them. Anything that cuts through a rock (crack/dike) is considered to be younger than the rock.
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