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facts about fossils
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| relative age | something is its age in comparison to the ages of other things |
| unconformities | gaps in rock sequences |
| absolute age | age in years od rock or other object |
| radioactive decay | process in which some isotopes break down into other isotopes and particles |
| half life | time it takes for half the atoms of an isotopes to decay |
| radiometric dating | calculate the absolute age of rock by measuring the ratio of parent isotope to daughter product in a mineral and knowing a half life of a parent |
| uniformitarianism | priciple stating that earths processes occuring today are similar to those that occured in the past |