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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
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What fossil formed when dissolved minerals replace the remains of an organism and then harden to form rock?
A Petrified fossil dissolved minerals replace and remains of an organism and then harden to form rock.
What is an organism's organic tissue most likely replaced with when an organism is petrified?
When an organism is petrified its organic tissue is most likely replaced with minerals.
Minerals seeping into an organisms remains form what?
Minerals seeping into an organisms remains form fossils. sediment
What is the remains of a once-living organism?
Fossil
What do minerals seeping into an organisms remains form?
Fossils.
What is the answer to this describes a organism whose tissues are completely replaced by minerals?
An organism whose tissues are completely replaced by minerals is a fossil.
What fossil formed when dissolved minerals replace the remains of an organism and then harden to form rock?
A Petrified fossil dissolved minerals replace and remains of an organism and then harden to form rock.
What is an organism's organic tissue most likely replaced with when an organism is petrified?
When an organism is petrified its organic tissue is most likely replaced with minerals.
What is an exact copy of an original organism in which the hard parts have been penetrated and replaced by minerals?
A fossil.
How does a organism become petrified?
The cell contents are replaced over a long period of time by minerals.
What is an example of petritrified?
Petritrified Fossil- a fossil formed when minerals replaced all or part of an organism.
How does fossilisation protect somthing?
During fossilisation, living cells are replaced by minerals. This preserves the physical appearance (but not the original organism)
How do remains become petrified fossils?
Petrification occurs when body parts of the organism are replaced by minerals dissolved in ground water. For example, a buried tree may have its wood replaced over millions of years by silica that is dissolved in the surrounding ground water.
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.
A fossil was once a living organism but its tissues have now been replaced by minerals and it no longer exhibits most properties of life except for?
organization
What is the remains an imprint or a trace of prehistoric organism?
What is the remains an imprint or a trace of a prehistoric organism
How do fossils form through permineralization and carbonization?
Permineralized fossil are formed when dissolved minerals precipitate from a solution in the space occupied by the organism's remains.
