Multiple choice

The study of fossils is known as:

  1. Palaeontology

  2. Petrology

  3. Seismology

  4. Bathymetry

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Explanation

Paleontology is the scientific study of fossils and the history of life on Earth through examination of plant and animal remains preserved in rocks. Petrology studies rocks, seismology studies earthquakes, and bathymetry measures underwater depth.