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CH.10 Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fossil | The preserved remains of ancient living things. |
| Catastrophism | The idea that conditions and organisms on Earth chnage in quick, violent events. |
| Uniformitarianism | States that geologic process that occur today are similar to those that have occured in the past. |
| Carbon Film | The fossilized carbon outline of an organism or a part of an organism. |
| Mold | The impression in a rock left by an ancient organism. |
| Cast | A fossilcopy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral deposits. |
| Trace Fossil | The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism. |
| Palentologist | Scientists who study fossils. |
| Relative Age | |
| Superposition | |
| Inclusion | |
| Unconformity | |
| Correlation | |
| Index Fossil |