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What is an organism that no longer exists called?
The genus and species of an organism are the final specific categories that an organism can be placed in. The genus contains the organism itself, and often it contains closely related species. The
What is a true fossil?
A True form fossil is a fossil of the whole/entire body of the organism.
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.
Is petroleum an example of fossil fouls?
Petroleum is a example of a fossil fuel.
What environment would the shell of an organism most likely be preserved as a fossil?
A hard shell organism have more of a chance to become a fossil .
What is the most extinct fossil in the world?
The word "extinct" is an absolute modifier; it does not come in varying degrees. An organism is either extinct or it isn't. One thing cannot be more extinct than another.
What is an example of petritrified?
Petritrified Fossil- a fossil formed when minerals replaced all or part of an organism.
A footprint of an extinct dinosaur is an example of a fossil?
Yes, footprints that are preserved in rock, such as those of extinct dinosaurs, are fossils. Such fossils are known as ''trace fossils'' , as opposed to ''body fossils'' which are fossilized remnants of the hard parts of these ancient organisms.
How do you use fossil and extinct in the same sentence?
This is the fossil of an extinct animal.
Once an organism disappears from the sequence of rock layers it becomes extinct?
A fossil is proof that an animal existed at one time, leaving evidence in rock. If that fossil does not appear in successive layers, there is no proof that the organism existed beyond its fossil record, and it is considered to have gone extinct.
What is an organism that no longer exists called?
The genus and species of an organism are the final specific categories that an organism can be placed in. The genus contains the organism itself, and often it contains closely related species. The
What word refers to traces of an organism that existed in the past?
A fossil is a trace of an organism that lived long ago.
Is a woolly mammoth a living fossil?
No. A living fossil is a type of organism that has lived on earth for a very long time and has changed little through evolution. Mammoths are not living fossils because they are extinct and did not exist for a particularly long time.
What is the term for the remain of a once-living organism?
fossil
What does the term fossil mean?
A living fossil generally refers to a living organism, animal or plant, whose species has been around long enough on the planet to be part of the fossil record. Most fossilized species are extinct, but there are a few which are either still in existence, or have descendents which closely resemble them.
What fossil is the evidence of an organism but is not made of the organism itself?
trace
What fossil is evidence of an organism but is not made of the organism itself.?
trace
