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Petrification is the process of turning some plant material into stone without changing the original shape by the infiltration with water carrying mineral particles.
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When the remains of an organism are replaced by minerals.?
In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification
When was the last petrification on earth?
the last petrification on earth was more than likely today everyday bones and wood petrify somewhere on earth. your welcome- Dr. Hieman
What is it called when a structure is filled in with minerals after a animal dies?
The process is called "petrification".
When a plant or animal turns to stone it is called?
As bone material is leached out of bones in sediments and sedimentary rock and replaced by minerals - becoming rock - we call the process "fossilization".
What is the type of fossil called where there is a molecule-for-molecule replacement turning the original object into a rock like object?
Would that be petrification?
If an organic material is converted into stone it becomes what?
Petrification
How do you use the word petrification in a sentence?
Petrification means turning into stone, like a fossil.Petrification changed the bone into a fossil.Over time, petrification occurred.
How do you use petrification in a sentence?
I could see the petrification of the crowd as the monster appeared
Is turning to stone?
Petrification
What is a antonym of petrification?
depetrification
What is turning to stone?
Petrification
What is in the process in which minerals replace tissues?
In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification
When the remains of an organism are replaced by minerals.?
In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification
What fossil type is petrified wood?
Petrification
When was the last petrification on earth?
the last petrification on earth was more than likely today everyday bones and wood petrify somewhere on earth. your welcome- Dr. Hieman
How do you speed up the petrification process?
through adding a catalyst
What are plants or animals turned to stone called?
Petrification =D
