alleryImpressions of footprints or plant parts preserved in rock layers are called what?
AFossils
BInscriptions
CManuscripts
DChronicles
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Fossils
1. Recall the idea: How Do We Learn About the Past?.
2. The source says: "Impressions of footprints, or parts of plants or animals that are found preserved".
3. Fossils is correct. Inscriptions and manuscripts are written records, and chronicles are written accounts of events.
_Source: NCERT Class 6 Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Ch 4 Timeline and Sources of History, "How Do We Learn About the Past?"_
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