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FOSSILS & ROCK AGES
WHAT IS THE SPACE LEFT IN THE SURROUNDING ROCK AFTER AN ORGANISM HAS BEEN BURIED DECOMPOSES AND DISSOLVES?
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A. MINERAL REPLACEMENT
B. MOLDS
C. ORIGINAL REMAINS
D. TRACE FOSSILS
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B. MOLDS
When an organism is buried and its hard parts dissolve away, the empty impression left in the surrounding rock is called a mold (an external mold). If that space later fills with minerals, the fill is called a cast.
When an organism is buried and its hard parts dissolve away, the empty impression left in the surrounding rock is called a mold (an external mold). If that space later fills with minerals, the fill is called a cast.
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