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The remains of animals and plants which have been preserved in rocks are known as?
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What is fossil in Latin?
Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals (also known as zoolites), plants, and other organisms from the remote past.
What are preserved remains of a living thing called?
The preserved remains of an animal is known as a fossil.
What best describes fossil?
Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. Fossil are bones of extinct creatures that are said to live thousands of years ago. A fossil is the ancient remains of animals, plants and other organisms from the distant past. The word is from a Latin word 'fossus' which means 'dug up'.
Are the small particles of rock or the remains of living things that make up sedimentary rocks called cement true or false?
These small particles are known as clasts. If they are the remains of living things they may be known as bioclasts. The remains of animals are called fossils if they have hardened and become preserved.
Remains of animals and plants were buried quickly in sediment during floods?
Such remains are known as fossils if the sediment is changed over eons into a sedimentary rock.
What are animals called that eat plants or animals?
Animals that eat plants as well as animals are known as Omnivores. Example, Human beings.
Animals that feed on plants are?
An animal that eats only plants is an herbivore. If this animal eats meat in addition to plants, then you would call it an omnivore.
What is one of the largest dinosaurs named?
The largest dinosaur known from well preserved remains is Argentinosaurus. Its name means "Argentina lizard."
Why are animals known as comsumers?
they consume (eat) the plants (producers) or other animals
What is An organism that eats plants and animals is known as?
Omnivores.
What is the mass of the dinosaur?
The smallest known dinosaur is Epidexipteryx, and it weighed only 0.36 lb. The largest known dinosaur with well preserved remains was Argentinosaurus, which weighed up to 80 tons.
Does a herbivore only eat animals?
Answer 1No, only plants.Answer 2It depends.Herbivores primarily eat plants. However they are also known to eat meat if plants are low.For example, camels eat desert plants such as desert shrub and cactus. But these are not always available, so if the camel needs to, it will eat the remains of any dead animals it finds, purely for survival.
