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a mold fossil is an impression of a living thing that is formed into a rock
Colby Leffler
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∙ 12y agoA fossil mold formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions and a cavity remains below the ground surface.
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Where are mold fossils located?
mold fossils are either located near water or cliffs.
Are mold fossils an invertebrate fossil?
yes
What are five different type of fossils?
Imprint fossils, Mineralized fossils, frozen fossils, fossils in amber, and cast fossils.
How is fossils mold different from a fossil cast?
a mold is what you pour materials into to make a cast
How do mold fossils form?
it hardens and molds the shape
Which part of an organism is preserved in cast and mold fossils?
Bones
What are the types of fossils?
molds and casts, trace fossils, petrified wood, and carbon filmThe four types of fossils are mold fossils, cast fossils, true-form fossils, and trace fossils. Mold fossils are impressions from when the plant or animal first decomposed. Cast fossils are plant or animal remains. True-form fossils are remaining body parts from an animal. Trace fossils are marks that have been left by animal, such as footprints.
What are Two most common types of fossils?
There are a variety of types of fossils. These include cast fossils, mold fossils, petrified wood, as well as fossil fuels.
Does lamprophyre form fossils?
A lamprophyre is a type of ultramafic intrusive igneous rock. It is very rare for fossils to be formed in igneous rocks (and they usually only form as mold fossils in extrusive deposits). As such fossils will not form in lamprophyres.
What are the similarities between original replaced remain fossils and cast and mold fossils?
All are indicative of the size and shape and possible habitat of the original organism.
One kind of fossil forms from the body parts of organisms. What is another kind of fossil?
There are four types of fossils that can be found. These are true fossils, mold fossils, trace fossils and cast fossils.
What is mold and cast fossils?
A mold and cast fossil is and exact stone replica of an organism but it is formed like this. The first layer of sediment hardens and forms a mold. then a new layer of sediment fills in the mold and hardens. That is the cast.
