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chapter 10 science
words for chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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fossil | preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things |
catastrophism | conditions and organisms on earth change in quick violent events |
uniformitarianism | geological processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past |
carbon film | fossilized carbon outline of an organism or part of an organism |
mold | impression in a rock left by an ancient organism |
cast | fossil copy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral desposits |
trace fossil | preserved evidence of the activity of an organism |
paleontologist | scientists that study fossils |