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When does a fossil become a fossil?
when an animal dies and there are things on top of it.it stays there for a century and then it turns in to a fossil.
How can an animal can become fossilised?
its caracass absorbs energy from the sun and becomes a fossil
How do tracks and burrows end up in the rock and fossil record?
They become trace fossils, which tell a lot about an animal without showing any part of the animal. If they were left in mud, they harden, becoming a fossil.
Is fossil an animal?
well it depends on wat fossil your talking about. fossil can be a shop. but an animal is a fossil when it is bones under the ground
How did fossils become fossils?
It is the skeleton of an animal or shells pushed under rock for thousands of years and then it is a fossil.
Which fossil type could contain preserved parts of a organism?
It is called a mold fossil, which can become a cast fossil. After the soft parts of the animal rot away, a cavity remains (the mold fossil) which becomes filled with hardened sand or mud (the cast fossil).
Is a fossil woodpecker hole a trace or a body fossil?
The answer is trace fossil. Why? Because a body fossil is a fossil of a part of the animal. Which means a hole is nowhere apart of animal. And a dead one at that.
Did every ancient animal create a fossil?
No. Most animals don't become dinosaurs because they decay or are eaten before they are buried.
How do you use fossil and extinct in the same sentence?
This is the fossil of an extinct animal.
What is an animal fossil buried in?
anywhere.
Is an animal footprint found is solid rock a mold fossil?
It is a mold fossil
Why do most living tihngs not leave a fossil?
because a fossil is created from something that hardened while the animal was dead in it. if you leave a corps out in the open then most of it will be eaten, but if that same corps was covered in some oil or sap then it could potentially become a fossil after about a miilion yeaRS
