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What are the difference types of fossils?
Mold fossils- an empty space is left when an organism is buried in sedimentary and it decays.Cast fossils- Minerals in rocks fill space left by a decayed organism.(replica)Trace fossils- Markings left by an animal. (footprints, trail, or burrow)Petrified fossils- Minerals penetrate and replace all or part of an organism.Imprint fossils
What are different types of fossills?
Mold fossils- an empty space is left when an organism is buried in sedimentary and it decays.Cast fossils- Minerals in rocks fill space left by a decayed organism.(replica)Trace fossils- Markings left by an animal. (footprints, trail, or burrow)Petrified fossils- Minerals penetrate and replace all or part of an organism.Imprint fossils
How are cast fossils formed?
An object that was repllaced by rock so the fossil is now 3D.
When hard minerals fill an imprint of an organism they eventually form a model of the organism called a?
mold
Where are mold fossils located?
mold fossils are either located near water or cliffs.
What is cost fossil?
made when a mold is filled with sediments or minerals
Are mold fossils an invertebrate fossil?
yes
What are five different type of fossils?
Imprint fossils, Mineralized fossils, frozen fossils, fossils in amber, and cast fossils.
What is similar about mold and cast fossils and petrified wood?
Both copy the shape of its ancient organisms.a MOLD is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism.a mold forms when the hars part of the organism,such as a shell,is buried in sediment.Later, water carrys dissolved minerals and sediment there,the result is a cast. A CAST is a solid copy of the shapes of organisms.a cats is the opposite of a mold.both mold and cast preserved details of the animals structure
How is fossils mold different from a fossil cast?
a mold is what you pour materials into to make a cast
How do mold fossils form?
it hardens and molds the shape
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.
