The Burgess Shale biota is significant because it contains the: a. conodont animal b. fossils of rare marine plants c. earliest known benthonic community d. first shelled animals e. carbonized impressions of many extinct soft-bodied animals

Option E.

carbonized impressions of many extinct soft-bodied animals

Explanation:

The Burgesss shale biota is significant because it contains the carbonized impressions of many extinct soft-bodied animals because Burgess shake biota indicate best example and famous fossil records that contain soft bodied organisms with carbon impression . This fossil contain soft tissues fauna and floral and not mineralised structures which is not present in any other fossils. priapulid and annelid worms that are found in Burgess shale biota

explanation:

b. lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere   is the answer most likely