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When an organism falls into soft sediment like mud its hard parts dissolve leaving a cavity in the rock called a?
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Is a fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves called?
When a hard part of an organism buried in sediment dissolves an leaves an empty space it is called a mold.
What is the process of mineral rich water seeping around sediment and fusing the sediment pieces together called?
This is called cementation.
Particles that settle from water are called what?
Depends on the context. If this is a chemistry experiment it would be called a precipitate. If this is water in say a water course it would be called sediment.
Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is called what?
Picking up sediment and moving it to another area is known as sediment transport.
What is the percentage of empty volume in a rock or sediment called?
It is called its porosity.
Is a fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves called?
When a hard part of an organism buried in sediment dissolves an leaves an empty space it is called a mold.
What is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of all or part of an organism is called a?
called a What_type_of_fossil_is_found_in_a_hollow_place_shaped_like_an_organism.
Cavity in rock made when an organism decayed?
A cavity in the ground where organisms can be buried is called a hole. If sediment fills this hole the organism may become fossilized.
What is the hollow place in rock made when an organism died and was buried and holes in the rock let air or water reach it and dissolve the organism called?
It might be Cast bud
The material moved by erosion is called what?
The material that is moved by erosion is called Sediment.
Which type of fossil is formed when an entire organism is filled with materials such as mud or clay and then hardens the entire organism and the filling?
The fossil that is formed when an organism is buried in sediment and hardens into rock is called a cast fossil, in which the empty space serves as a mold.
What is the sediment a river carries called?
It's called transportation.
What are the rock and soil deposits by streams called?
Sediment
How do glaciers deposit sediment?
Its deposits sediment by picking the sediment up which is called plucking.(weathering)
What are rocks snd soil deposited by streams called?
they are deposited by sediment
How carbon films form?
When a dead organism is buried, sediment may pile up. The organism's remains are subjected to heat and pressure. These conditions force gases and liquids from the body. A thin film of carbon residue is left, forming a silhouette of the original organism which is called a carbon film.
What is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river called?
sediment load
