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facts on fossils
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fossils | are the remains, imprints, or traces of prehistoric organisms |
| Permineralized remains | are fossils in which the spaces inside or filled with minerals from ground water |
| Carbon Film | a thin film of carbon residue is left forming a silhouette of the orginal organism called a carbon film. |
| Mold | the hard part my decay or dissolve, leaving behind a cavity in rock called a mold. |
| Cast | A type of body fossil that forms when crystals fill a mold or sediments wash into a mold and harden into rock. |
| Index Fossils | are the remains of species that existed on earth for relatively short periods of time, abundant, were widespread geographically |
| Principle of superposition | states that an undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the rocks become progressivly younger towards the top. |