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 Organism dies.  Organism is buried in sediment.  Soft parts decay.  Hard parts dissolve.  An impression or mold forms when the sediment hardens.

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2  Organism dies.  Organism is buried in sediment.  Soft parts decay.  Hard parts dissolve.  An impression or mold forms when the sediment hardens.  Sediment fills the mold and hardens forming a cast or original model of the organism.

3  Mold is the imprint or impression.  Cast is the model or fossil formed from sediment or minerals.

4  Whole Body – animals entire body is trapped in a swamp, tree sap or is frozen.  Usual formation – animal dies, buried, soft parts decay – fish.  Impression – mold and cast.

5  Less likely to fossilize: › Soft body parts – decay › Land – scavengers and weathering › Energy in environment high like a fast moving river  More likely to fossilize: › Hard parts like bones › Water easily buried › Calm environment

6  An energy-rich resource formed from the buried remains of a once-living organism

7  Energy is stored in the cells of the dead organism.

8  The process of photosynthesis created the energy.  Plants and protists produce energy through photosynthesis.  Animals eat plants and other animals that store this energy.

9 PetroleumSimilaritiesDifferences Ocean Animal - ProtistOrganism diesSwamp Plants OceansOrganism is buriedLands Decay Temperature and Pressure Increase

10  Pennsylvania was once covered by swamps.


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