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chapter 10 science
words for chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fossil | preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things |
| catastrophism | conditions and organisms on earth change in quick violent events |
| uniformitarianism | geological processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past |
| carbon film | fossilized carbon outline of an organism or part of an organism |
| mold | impression in a rock left by an ancient organism |
| cast | fossil copy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral desposits |
| trace fossil | preserved evidence of the activity of an organism |
| paleontologist | scientists that study fossils |