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What is a fosil?
A fossil is the prehistoric remains of a plant or animal. After an animal or plant dies, it may be buried under many layers of mud, sand, or rock, and under intense pressure a replica of that animal or plant is formed from minerals.
How is an imprint formed?
An imprint fossil is formed when an animal or plant makes a print in the soil. Such as a footprint.
What feed on dead plant and animal remains?
Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.
What are the fosslis?
The remains of an animal. -------------------------- Fossils are the remains of a dead plant or animal that have been preserved for a long time.
What did the prehistoric people wear?
fur, animal skin plant leafs and dried up organs
Which organisms feed on decomposing plant and animal remains?
detritivores
Is an imprint a fossil?
Yes an imprint is considered a fossil if it was created by life and the animal/plant/fungi in question is no longer alive. It is generally assumed that only if it is very old it is a fossil but technically this is not so.
What are the remains of prehistoric plants and animals called?
FOSSILS ! comes from latin word Fossus which means "having been dug up". Anything that was once a living organism from a past geologic time is considered a fossil.
What is a consumer that feeds on plant and animal remains and dead matter?
A scavenger eats the remains of dead animals.
What type of heterotrophs feed on dead plant and animal remains?
Detrivores.
What are organisms that brake down animal and plant remains?
maggots and worms
What is the rocky remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago?
a fossil
