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yes it does when the fossil goes into the ground, but not always like when it rains the fossil does not go in the ground fully.
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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
Which fossil type could contain preserved parts of a organism?
It is called a mold fossil, which can become a cast fossil. After the soft parts of the animal rot away, a cavity remains (the mold fossil) which becomes filled with hardened sand or mud (the cast fossil).
What is the name for a copy of a fossil produced by filling a mold with sediment or crystals?
Many people incorrectly think that a copy of a fossil is a 'mold'. But the real name for the copy of a fossil is a 'cast'.
How is a cast fossil different from a mold fossil?
if the original organism dissolves or decays, leaving a hollow in the rock, that is a mold. If the mold fills up with sediment which gradually hardens into the shape of the original organism, then that is a cast. Casts are copies of fossilized plants or animals. Molds are hollow impressions of the fossil.
How a fossil mold is different from a fossil cast?
if the original organism dissolves or decays, leaving a hollow in the rock, that is a mold. If the mold fills up with sediment which gradually hardens into the shape of the original organism, then that is a cast. Casts are copies of fossilized plants or animals. Molds are hollow impressions of the fossil.
Is an animal footprint found is solid rock a mold fossil?
It is a mold fossil
Can a fossil be a mold cast?
no
What are mold and cast fossils?
A fossil mold is formed by the impression left in rock by the remains of an organism. A cast fossil occurs when the mold is filled in by precipitating minerals.
How is the mold like the cast?
Mold is like cast in being a type of fossil .
Which forms first a fossil mold or a fossil cast?
First, a thin layer of sediment hardens and forms a mold. Then, what is known as a cast is when a new layer of sediment fills in the mold breaking down the creature/ animal/fossil.
How is fossils mold different from a fossil cast?
a mold is what you pour materials into to make a cast
What is a mold and cast fossil?
A mold and cast fossil is and exact stone replica of an organism but it is formed like this. The first layer of sediment hardens and forms a mold. then a new layer of sediment fills in the mold and hardens. That is the cast.
What forms when a fossil mold is filled?
when fossile mould is filled it forms the model of the fossile
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 cast fossil?
it is a fossil copy of an organism filled withsediment or mineral deposits.
Why cast fossil and mold fossil found together?
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
The fossil that is created when a mold is filled in with rock material?
A cast.
