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Lessons and Activities: Modeling Petrified Wood Activity Worksheet

Prediction

Before you begin, tell what you think will happen.

Investigation

1. What physical characteristics of the wood have changed? How did these changes occur?

2. What part of natural petrification does the food coloring represent in this experiment?

3. Why were the cups covered with plastic wrap and a rubber band?

4. How would real petrified wood be different from the petrified wood that you created in the experiment? Why?

5. Explain the importance of the presence of water for petrification to occur.