• Question: what is the difference between a fossel and a rock

    Asked by anon-192534 to Sophie, Simon, Obi, Kelly, Jessica on 10 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Sophie Morse

      Sophie Morse answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      Well fossils are prehistoric rocks actually.

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      A fossil is part of a creature. Usually a remnant of the hard parts because the soft parts do not usually survive.

      A rock is made up of minerals, non-living elements that are eroded and recombined to make different kinds of rocks.

      Some rocks contain no-fossils (igneous rocks), and some rocks contain more fossils than others e.g. limestones.

    • Photo: Kelly Rushton

      Kelly Rushton answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      I dont know much about fossils apart from that they are really cool to go hunting for – they are only found in certain types of rocks though – I think sedimentary rocks are good to go fossil hunting in!

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