Fossil Record and Evolution
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| Evolution | show 🗑
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| show | The principle that sedimentary rock layers are older than the rock layers that are above it and younger than the rock layers below it.
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| Ontogeny | show 🗑
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| show | The relationship of a species through a common ancestor.
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| show | Any preserved evidence of a past geologic age; usually found in sedimentary rock.
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| Index Fossil | show 🗑
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| show | A diagram that shows relationships between species.
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| Common Ancestor | show 🗑
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| show | The age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects.
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| show | The numeric age of an object or event, often found by using radiometric dating.
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| Embryos that have a closer related form means.... | show 🗑
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| In closer related forms, the earlier stages of embryos are... | show 🗑
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| show | past climates, past ecosystems, past behaviors, mountain building, and past biodiversity.
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| The shape of fossil leaves can tell us of.... | show 🗑
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| Percentage of species that have gone extinct. | show 🗑
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| show | The area was once covered by an ocean.
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| show | The type of plants that lived there.
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| show | When a species dies off from the earth.
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| show | Biologist and artist whose drawings show a commonality in embryology.
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| Embryology | show 🗑
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