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Q: What determines the type of fossil that is formed?
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What determines the type of fossil is formed?

the conditions under which the organism died and how it was buried


What determines the type of mineral formed by cooling magma?

The rate of cooling of the magma determines the type of mineral formed by the magma or lava..


What is relative dating?

It determines whether a fossil is formed before or after another fossil. In other words, it's finding out if something is older or younger.


Which type of fossil is formed when silica is added?

petrified


What type of fossil is formed by resin sediments that have hardened in a hollow space?

frozen fossil


What type of fossil could be formed when a plant or an insect dies?

skeletonized


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.


Type of smog formed from fossil fuel pollutants with the aid of light?

Photochemical smog


What determines the type of protein that is formed?

The DNA code ... it assigns each amino acid in the sequence.


Which fossil fuel is a solid at room temperature?

coal is a type of solid fossil fuel and is formed from the remains of plant life.


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 type of fuel formed by the remains of sea creatures and plants millions of years ago?

fossil fuel