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A dinosaur tooth can be fossilized when the minerals that make up rock replace the minerals that is made up the bones what is this process called?
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Total replacement of the minerals: replacement fossilization.
Partial replacement of the minerals: perminalization fossilization.
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What fossil formed when dissolved minerals replace the remains of an organism and then harden to form rock?
A Petrified fossil dissolved minerals replace and remains of an organism and then harden to form rock.
Can a snail become a fossil?
Yes, snails can become fossils. When a snail dies, its shell may become buried in sediment and over time, minerals in the sediment can replace the original material of the shell, preserving it as a fossil. Fossilized snail shells can be found in many different types of rock formations.
Fossils in which replace all or part an organism?
The fossils belong to Petrifaction type of preservation.
What is the process of cool air trying to replace warm air?
storms
What moves in to replace the evaporating water?
The reverse process is called condensation.
What is a sentence for replace?
Replacement process is a process in which stone recieves minerals
How can you tell if something is dino poop?
Fossilized turds are called coprolites, and you can tell that it is fossilized dino poo the same way you can tell if something is a fossil. The minerals in the soil replace the poo in the turd thus making it a fossil.
What is in the process in which minerals replace tissues?
In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification
What is another name for fossilized wood?
permineralized fossil
What does fortification in food mean?
The vitamins and minerals are added to replace the original vitamins and minerals that were lost during the refining process...
When minerals replace bones a fossils forms?
When minerals replace bone (organic matter), the type of fossil form is Petrification. Petrification types of fossils are abundantly found in Gondwanaland. Both plants and animals are subjected to this process, particularly those having hard tissues like bones and vasculature.
When minerals replace bone a what fossil forms?
When minerals replace bone (organic matter), the type of fossil form is Petrification. Petrification types of fossils are abundantly found in Gondwanaland. Both plants and animals are subjected to this process, particularly those having hard tissues like bones and vasculature.
What fossil formed when dissolved minerals replace the remains of an organism and then harden to form rock?
A Petrified fossil dissolved minerals replace and remains of an organism and then harden to form rock.
How could a tree change a rock?
first of all it does not turn into a rock it becomes fossilized. and it is called petrifaction.
What happens to wood after minerals replace the wood fibers?
Petrification.
How would a fossil form through mineral replacement?
Fossils form through the process of mineral replacement beginning when an organism dies and is buried. Groundwater seeps around the organism, and the minerals in the water gradually replace the minerals in the hard parts of the organism. Over time these minerals turn into a stone replica of an organism.
When a woody material in a tree is replace with minerals the tree becomes?
petrified
