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earth historys
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Index fossils: | A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found. |
| lithosphere: : | : The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. |
| extinction: | The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct. |
| unconformities: | a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata. |
| divergent: | is a plate boundary where they touch and magma rises to the surface |
| convergent | , also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two |
| transform | obtained from given quantity by transformation. |
| faults | is a crack in the earths crust |
| plate tectonics | theory explaining structure of the earths crust. |
| continental drift | the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. |
| absolute age | : It is the age of a rock unit, fossil or geologic event expressed |
| relative age | The geologic age of a fossil organism, rock, or geologic feature or event. |