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Science Flashcards
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Term | Definition |
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topographic maps | maps that show relief using contour lines |
benchmark | a marked point of known and documented elevation |
profile | vertical section or side view |
mineral classifications | color, hardness, luster, metallic, streak, cleavage & fracture |
normal fault | force of tension, plates pull apart |
reverse fault | force of compression, plates push together |
strike-slip fault | force of shearing, rocks slide past each other |
Karst topography | landforms made from dissolving limestone |
molds | cavity left by an organism where the ground hardened before the organism decayed |
casts | where the cavity left by the organism has been filled |
petrified remains | when there is a molecule-for-molecule replacement of the original organism |
carbon film | the thin film of a carbon impression is left by an object |
original remains | the actual remains of the organism are discovered |
trace fossils | evidence that the organism existed |