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A cavity in the ground where organisms can be buried is called a hole. If sediment fills this hole the organism may become fossilized.

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This is called a mold.

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What is made when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed and the sediments harden into rock?

Cast.


What fossil type is open space left inside a rock by organism that has decayed?

A cast is the fossil type left inside a rock by organism that has decayed.


Is thin cavity in a rock showing where a shell had decayed a fossil?

Not necessarily. It may be just a fracture.


Is a thin cavity in a rock showing where a shell has decayed a fossil?

This is called a mold, a mold is when a fossil has a cavity in a rock, it turns into a fossil when it becomes a cast, so technically yes it is a fossil


What is empty space in rock showing the exact shape of the organism that was buried and decayed there?

Mold


A rock that is made of decayed plant and animals?

Coal


What is the cavity left behind in the rock after an organism's hard part has dissolved.?

a mold


What is it that tells a geologist when where and how an organism lived?

a blank is the cavity left behind in the rock after an organism hard part has dissolved


When the hard parts of an organism decay and leave a cavity in the rock what forms?

A cast is formed


What is the cavity left behind in the rock after an organism's hard part has dissolved?

molds


Is coal a rock considering its made from decayed plant?

Coal is an organic sedimentary rock, formed from the sedimentary processes of compaction and cementation.


This type of fossil is formed when an organism is buried in sediment which hardens into rock. After the soft parts of the animal rot away a cavity remains?

mold