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What sedimentary rocks are formed from the remains of plants and animals?
Organic Sedimentary Rocks are formed from remains of plants and animals.
What are fossils and what do they tell us about the process of evolution?
Fossil the dead remains of plants and animals that lived in the past is know as fossil.
What is the definition of an impression fossil?
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.
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 is the difference between mineral fuel and fossil fuel?
fossil fuels are remains of dead plants and animals whereas minerals are all inorganic and organic substances extracted from earth by minning
What are preserved fossil also called?
Preserved fossils are also referred to as "petrified fossils" or "fossilized remains." These terms describe the process in which organic material is replaced by minerals, preserving the original structure and allowing for their long-term survival.
What is fossil silicification?
Silicification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica. It is a rare form of fossilization.
What are preserved remains of a living thing called?
The preserved remains of an animal is known as a fossil.
Is a fossil an inorganic solid with a crystalline structure?
fossil is organic
What is the process of prouducing for fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are produced from plant and animal remains over thousands of years. The plant remains finally give rise to coal while animal remains form petroleum and natural gas. The remains of dead plants and animals are covered by silt and mud and gradually layer after layer forms over them. Over the course of thousands of years the remains undergo changes under incredible amount of heat and pressure to produce fossil fuels.
What are law fossil succession?
when a fossil is in the process of being made. when a fossil is in the process of being made. when a fossil is in the process of being made.
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.
