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Unit 6 Geological Time - Sheridan Lee

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show fossilized tree resin  
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show the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.  
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show an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold  
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Index Fossil   show
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Mold   show
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show process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms  
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Trace fossil   show
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Cross-cutting relationships   show
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show a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time  
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show states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous  
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Original horizontality   show
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show common practice for dating rocks, science of determining the relative order of past events  
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show principle of quantum theory that describes a challenging concept about the nature and behavior of matter and forces at the sub-atomic level.  
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show a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata.  
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Uniformitarianism   show
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show the true age of a rock or fossil  
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show he time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value.  
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show a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet  
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show help determine the chemical composition and age of minerals and other geologic objects.  
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Radiometric dating   show
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show The geological process by which the Earth came to have its present interior structure  
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Outgassing   show
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Supercontinent   show
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Pangaea   show
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show a process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded and deformed by lateral compression to form a mountain range.  
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Evoluation   show
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show the process by which plants and animals that can adapt to changes in their environment are able to survive and reproduce while those that cannot adapt do not survive  
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