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As our plant's internal structure gradually breaks down its organic material gets replaced by silica and other minerals over a period of a few million years

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Q: When a piece of wood becomes petrified what replaces the decaying wood?
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A permineralized piece of wood.?

petrified wood


What name is given to a perimineralized piece of wood?

Petrified wood


What is the hink pink for petrified piece of skeleton?

stone bone


What is it called when a piece of wood changes to stone?

The end result is called "petrified wood".


Is a piece of petrified wood a fossil that preserves the remains of an organism with little or no change?

Yes.


Can you make a sentence with the word pertrified?

The sample of petrified wood felt like a piece of stone.


When a piece of wood decays is it a chemical change?

Decaying of wood is a chemical change since it leads to the formation of a different substance. The process is irreversible.


What do you call a piece of country rock that breaks off and becomes entrapped in a body of magma?

A piece of country rock that breaks off and becomes entrapped in a body of magma is called a xenolith.


What happen when you put a piece of copper in silver nitrate solution?

it goes all white and puffy because the copper replaces the silver in the solution


What happens when one piece of metal is melted?

It becomes hot liquid.


Would a needle spoon or a toaster be an interchangeable part?

Eli Whitney thought of the idea of interchangeable parts. The idea is that if something is broken it can be replaces by an identical piece.


What is permineralized wood a piece of?

Permineralized or petrification wood is form when an organic material is converted into stone. This is accomplished by replacing the original material and filing with minerals. The finest petrified wood involves amorphous silica.