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Chapter 8 Project

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Fossil   The remains of an acient organism preserved in rock  
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Carbon Film   A thin coating of carbon left behind by a decayed animal  
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Sedimentary Rock   A type of rock formed when particles of organisms and other rocks are cvemented together  
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Trace Fossil   Things left behind by organisms, which shows what they did  
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Mold   A hollow space where an organism was buried and dissolved  
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Cast   A copy of an oganism's shape  
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Petrified Fossil   A type of fossil where minerals replace all of an organism  
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Paleontoligist   A scientist who studies fossils to learn about ancient organisms  
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Scientific Theory   A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations  
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Evolution   The theory that states that organisms change over time  
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Extinct   An organism that has died out  
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Relative Age   The age of a rock compared to rocks around it  
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Absolute Age   The age since a rock formd  
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Law of Superstition   The principle that states that rock layers are younger than thoses below it  
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Extrusion   Igneous rock that has hardened above the surface  
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Intrusion   Igneous rock that has hardened under the surfac  
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Fault`   A break or crack in the Earth's surface  
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Unconformity   Where young rock meets old rock  
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Index Fossil   Fossils of organisms that have lived for a short tine  
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Atom   The smallest particle where the substance is still that substance  
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Element   A substance where all the atoms are the same and cannot be broken down into another substance  
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Radioacive Decay   The process in which a radioactive element releases particles and energy  
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Half-life   The time it takes for half of a radioactive element to decay  
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Geologic Time Scale   The record of geologic events and organisms  
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Era   The three units that divide the time between Precambrian and present  
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Period   The unit of time that divides eras  
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Vertabrate   An animal with a backbone  
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Invertabrate   An animal without a backbone  
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Amphibian   An animal that lives half its life in water and half of its life in land  
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Reptile   A cold-blooded, egg laying vertabrate  
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Mass Extinction   The extinction of several species at the same time  
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Mammal   A warm-blooded vertabrate that feeds their young milk  
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