You are presented with the question "Fossils are found in places that were previously covered in what?" and the following answer choices: 
- matter
 - earth
 - soils
 - dirt
 - water
 - wetland
 - rocks
 - erosion

Now knowing that if fossils of a water animal or plant are found in a place then that place used to be covered by water in the past and common fossils include plant fossils like ferns, choose the best answer.


 

     water    