Fact 1: 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.

Fact 2: Common fossils include plant fossils like ferns.

Given the two facts above, answer the question "Fossils are found in places that were previously covered in what?" with the following options: 
- matter
 - earth
 - soils
 - dirt
 - water
 - wetland
 - rocks
 - erosion


 

     water    