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fossils, Relative age of rock, Geo time, Early Earth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is fossil Record? | provides evidence of history of life |
| What is evolution? | Gradual change in a living thing |
| What is relative age? | Estimated age compared to other rocks |
| What is absolute age? | a precise age of a rock |
| What is a fault? | a break in the Earths crust |
| What is an index fossil/ what does it do? | it helps geologists match rock layers and tells relative age of where rick occured |
| What is the Geologic time scale? | Different periods of Earths time |
| What are the two types of igneous rock and what do they do? | intrusion-lava hardens beneath surface extrusion-lava hardens on surface |
| How does a fossil form? | 1. animal/plant dies and sinks into shallow water 2.sediment covers (dead) living thing 3.sediment turns to rock 4.due to weathering and erosion rock is exposed at surface. |