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FOSSILS by Mind Map: FOSSILS

1. Cast Fossils

1.1. A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, and its flesh decays and the bones go away due to chemical reactions then minerals gradually enter into the empty space to make a cast fossil. (Which is the general form of the living organism.

2. Body Fossils

2.1. Body Fossils are found in places where bacteria, insects and other things that cause decay aren't able to thrive.

2.1.1. When

2.2. A BODY FOSSIL is a fossil of a whole body. For e.g. if a bug is covered in tree sap and the tree sap hardens, freezing the bug.

3. A FOSSIL is a remnant of an organism.

4. Mold Fossils

4.1. A MOLD FOSSIL is a tfossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment, the flesh decays and the bones vanish due to chemical reaction, and a cavity stays below the ground surface.

5. Trace Fossils

5.1. A TRACE FOSSIL is a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal .

5.2. Trace fossils are formed when an organism makes a mark in mud or sand. The sediment dries and hardens.