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One form of fossil forms when an organism dies and its body is covered by layers of sediment. As time passes, the organism itself, particularly when composed primarily of softer materials, is eroded and carried away, leaving a negative imprint of its body. This type of fossil is called a mold. A cast fossil forms when a mold fossil is filled with some form of mineral, usually through the seepage of water depositing the minerals within the mold. In time, the mold is filled and the materials deposited harden, creating a replica of the original fossil. This is called a cast fossil.
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What is the difference between a cast fossils and a mold fossil?
a cast fossil is an impression of an fossil while a a mold fossil is the duplicate of a fossil
What is the difference between a mold and a cast fossil?
a mold fossil is the impression that are in a rock. a cast fossil is filled by minerals
What is a fossil that formed when sediments filled in a fossil mold?
A cast fossil
What are the steps necessary for a fossil cast to form?
What are the steps necessary for a fossil cast to form?
What are the six types of fossils?
The six types of fossils are ............ mold fossil cast fossil trace fossil petrified fossil carbon fossil perserved fossil
A Sentence for a cast fossil?
A cast fossil is a copy of a fossil
What is the difference between a cast fossils and a mold fossil?
a cast fossil is an impression of an fossil while a a mold fossil is the duplicate of a fossil
What is the difference between a mold and a cast fossil?
a mold fossil is the impression that are in a rock. a cast fossil is filled by minerals
What is a fossil that formed when sediments filled in a fossil mold?
A cast fossil
What is cast fossil?
it is a fossil copy of an organism filled withsediment or mineral deposits.
What are the steps necessary for a fossil cast to form?
What are the steps necessary for a fossil cast to form?
Is a cast fossil one kind of carbonized fossil?
yeppers
What is the difference between a mold fossil and a cast fossil?
A fossil mold is formed by the impression left in rock by the remains of an organism. A cast fossil occurs when the mold is filled in by precipitating minerals.
Can a fossil be a mold cast?
no
What are the six types of fossils?
The six types of fossils are ............ mold fossil cast fossil trace fossil petrified fossil carbon fossil perserved fossil
How is a cast fossil created?
a cast fossil is formed when minerals replace animal tissue. tese minerals from a fossil that looks just like the original. the cast fossil is a three-dimensional image of the organism made of different material. while the mold fossil is an impression of the organism.
A fossilized jaw bone would represent what type of fossil?
either: cast fossil petrified fossil imprint fossil trace fossil
