If you find a reptile fossil buried and lithified among mud and decayed plant material, what type of depositional environment might you infer while the animal was still alive?

The correct answer is - swamps/bog

Explanation:

Swamps or bogs are characteristically similar as they both area are known for the poor soil or muddy soil due to the quiet water conditions which is acuumulate by the precipitation mainly. These are have high peat content where mud and decaying or decomposing plant material found.

Bog or swamps are form due to the hundered years of decomposition or decys in plants and plants materials. As it stated that the reptile fossil buriiend lithified among mud and decayed plant material the environment must be bog or swamp.

explanation:

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measuring light intensity

light meters can be used to measure light intensity. the meter is held at the soil surface and pointed in the direction of the maximum light intensity, and then the meter is read.

errors can be made when measuring light intensity by accidentally shading the light meter. the reliability of the results can be checked by taking many samples.