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What is the name of a dead plant or animal that has been preserved?

a fossil


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 is the dead body of an animal that has been preserved called?

It is called a dead corpse or body.


Why is a mummy not a fossil?

Because with a Mummy, the tissues are preserved. Where as with a fossil, you have no tissue. You're really only left with fossilized bones.


What feed on dead plant and animal remains?

Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.


What is a plant a called when it dies?

Umm, plant or animal death, it has no special name.


What is a dead body which has been preserved called?

The word 'mummy' is generally used for a body which has been preserved over a long period of time. A recently-preserved body is usually referred to as 'embalmed'.


How decomposers reintroduce a dead animal to an ecosystem?

Decomposers reintroduce a dead animal into an ecosystem by creating fuel for plants. The dead animal decomposes and creates nutrients for plant growth.


Is a coral an animal or plant?

coral is a animal because it is made out of dead sea animals (damian123)


Define fossils and explain how fossil are made?

Fossils are depositions of dead animal imprints and/or bones. When an animal or plant dies, its skin rots away, leaving behind the bone or imprint.


Preserved remains of plants or animals are called?

Sometimes they are referred to as bits of dead plants or animals. Others refer to them as fossils, or organic remains. If it is a decayed organism (either plant OR animal) it might be referred to as 'detritus'. If it's the final remains of a human being, it may be referred to as a corpse.


What type of heterotrophs feed on dead plant and animal remains?

Detrivores.