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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 fossil type is open space left inside a rock by organism that has decayed?
A cast is the fossil type left inside a rock by organism that has decayed.
What type of organism would be most useful as an index fossil?
Those that have hard parts that fossilize, are plentiful, ubiquitous and evolve rapidly.
The type of fossil formed when an organism dissolves and leaves an empty space in a rock is called a what?
It is called a mold fossil.
What type of organism is the most fossil evidence available?
Organisms with hard parts such as a mineralized shell, like a trilobite or ammonite, are much more likely to become fossilized than animals with only soft parts.
Which fossil type could contain preserved parts of an organism?
mold fosssil
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 type of fossil is the solid copy of the shape of the organism?
a cast fossil
What fossil type is open space left inside a rock by organism that has decayed?
A cast is the fossil type left inside a rock by organism that has decayed.
What type of organism is a stegosaurus fossil?
A stgosaurus type.
What type of organism would be most useful as an index fossil?
Those that have hard parts that fossilize, are plentiful, ubiquitous and evolve rapidly.
This type of fossil is formed when an organism is buried in sediment which hardens into rock. After the soft parts of the animal rot away a cavity remains?
mold
Why can you not find every type of organism that ever existed as a fossil?
because it is hard to solve the fossil and the organism it is
This type of fossil is formed when an organism is buried in sediment which hardens into rock After the soft parts of the animal rot away a cavity remains?
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.
What type organism is the most fossil evidence available?
lisards
The type of fossil formed when an organism dissolves and leaves an empty space in a rock is called a what?
It is called a mold fossil.
