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Sometimes a fossil is formed when the organic matter is impressed in clay or some similar substance. The organic substance rots away, but the impression it left remains, and if the clay which holds the impression petrifies, it becomes a fossil.
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∙ 9y agoAn impression fossil is created from organic matter being impressed in materials like clay. As time goes on, that organic material will rot and decompose, but its impression will remain leaving a fossil.
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∙ 9y agoA fossil is any item preserved in the Earth for an extended period of time. A fossil impression is what is left in the ground after the fossil has been removed from a site.
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∙ 15y agoit is a fossil that is impressioned!
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What kind of fossil leaves a body impression?
This is called a trace fossil. or a mold.
What type of fossil forms when pore spaces of the original hard parts of an animal are filled in by minerals?
A cast fossil is formed when minerals fill in an impression left by an organism.
Are fossil dead or alive?
No. At one time yes. It must be very old. Definition of fossil per www.dictionary.com: any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
What is a fossil evidence of?
A fossil is evidence of a once living animal. A fossil is created when an animal dies in a mud or other soft dirt or sediment. Over time, the animal will decompose and leave the bones. Over time, these bones will get covered by dirt, rocks water, etc. After a couple thousand years the bones will get compressed into sediment, waiting to be discovered. Something similar to a fossil is and imprint. This is where an impression of a plant or animal is pushed into a soft sediment and hardens.
Which type fossil is formed when an organism gets trapped in a developing rock layer and then decays away leaving an imprint of what the organism looked like?
A mold is a fossil created by the encasement of an organism in rock, where the organism decays away after solidification of the encasing structure, leaving behind an impression of the original organism. An additional stage is a cast, where the mold is back filled by sedements to create a solid model of the original organism.
Can a fossil be an impression of the original organism?
Yes.
A fossil created by a print or impression?
A fossil created by a print or impression is called an imprint. The word "imprint" means to produce a mark a on a surface with the use of pressure.
What kind of fossil leaves a body impression?
This is called a trace fossil. or a mold.
What is Impression or trace of an animal or plant of past geological ages?
It is a fossil.
What is a kind of fossil where a plant or animal leave an impression in the mud?
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What is the define for fossil?
A fossil is any remains,impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton or footprint.
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Lets go find the definition to impression?
A kind of fossil where an animal or plant leaves its body impression in the mud?
mold
Plants or animals buried in sediment leave a trace fossil called an?
Ichnofossil, or an impression fossil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_fossil
What is the scientific definition of hair?
The scientific definition of hair is fossil fuels
What is defined as an impression left in rocks that died along time ago?
That would be a fossil.
What is the scientific definition for fossil fuels?
the scientific definination for fossil fuels if buger eater
