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8th SCIENCE Chpt 10
8th Cht 10 CLUES TO EARTH'S PAST LESSON 1
Question | Answer |
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CARBON FILM | fossilized carbon outline that forms when pressure drives off the gases and liquids from a buried organism. |
CAST FOSSIL | fossil copy of an organism |
CATASTROPHISM | idea that conditions and creatures on Earth change in quick, violent events. |
FOSSIL | preserved remains or evidence of ancient living organisms. |
MOLD | impression in a rock left by an ancient organism. |
PALEONTOLOGIST | scientist who studies organisms. |
PETRIFIED | turned into stone by their placement of tissue with minerals. |
TRACE FOSSIL | preserved evidence of the activity of an ancient organism. |
UNIFORM | always the same form, manner, or degree. |
UNIFORMITARIANISM | states that geologist processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past. |