2006-11-13 11:10:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
It depends on the climate. I think the Petrified forest in America is in Arizona or New Mexico, I been there it been about 10 years ago. There it a Drier Desert type climate with more sand and over many, many years the wood Petrified. In Arkansas where there more rain and trees and Dirt, wood just rot and termites eat it.
2006-11-13 11:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wood usually is degraded by fungi and other microorganisms and thus recycled back into the biosphere.
Petrification of wood only occurs rarely when trees are buried under sediment and the wood molecules are gradually replaced by mineral molecules. Petrified wood that exists today was formed millions of years ago.
2006-11-13 12:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by John v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wood only petrifies in rare and specific conditions...normally it rots or wears by erosion.
2006-11-13 11:17:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it only gets petrified in the right conditions
2006-11-13 11:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by igɳo★ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the egg came first
2006-11-13 11:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos its biodegradable
2006-11-13 11:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by claire c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋