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Fossils & Layers of the Earth's Interior
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| any naturally preserved evidence of life | fossil |
| a process in which minerals fill in pore spaces of an organism's tissues | permineralization |
| a process in which an organism's tissues are completely replaced by minerals | petrification |
| any naturally preserved evidence of an animal's activity | trace fossil |
| preserved feces, or dung, from animals | coprolites |
| a cavity in the ground or rock where a plant or animal was buried | mold |
| an object created when sediment fills a mold and becomes rock | cast |
| a fossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short, well-defined time span; a fossil that is used to date the rock layers in which it is found | index fossil |
| the thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the lithosphere | crust |
| the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core | mantle |
| the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle | core |
| the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle | lithosphere |
| the soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move | asthenosphere |
| the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core | outer core |
| the solid, dense center of the Earth | inner core |
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