Transcript Lab quiz week 11

1) T or F: Coal balls and coal are made of similar minerals. (1 pt)
2) Material in coal balls is preserved though _____________,
which means that pores in the original organic material were
filled with precipitated minerals. (2 pts)
3) What type of material is least likely to be found in a coal
ball? (2 pts)
A) Spores
B) Lignified secondary vascular tissue
C) Whole leaves
D) Pollen grains
4) What sort of environment did the coal-ball-forming plants
probably live in? (2 pts)
5) This is a root cross section. Do you think that the living root
originally this shape? Why or why not? (3 pts)