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Science Flashcards
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |