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Chapter 10 vocb
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Index fossil | Represent spices that existed on Earth for a short length of time,were abundant,and inhabited many location |
| Relative | The age of rocks and geologic features compared with other rocks and features nearby |
| correlation | Matching rocks and fossils from separate location |
| trace fossil | The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism |
| catastrophism | The idea that conditions and organisms on Earth change in quick,violent event |
| fossil | The preserved remains or avidence of ancient living things |
| superposition | The principal that in undisturbed rock layers,the oldest rocks are on the bottom |
| cast | fossil copy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral deposits |
| transmutation | The process by which an unstable element naturally changes into another element that is stable |
| unconformity | A surface where rock has eroded away,producing a break,or gap.in the rock record |
| Isotole | Atoms of the same rock element that have different |
| uniformitarianism | States that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past |
| carbon film | The fossilized carbon out line of an organism or part of an organism |
| inclusion | A piece of an older rock that become a part of a new rock |
| Half life | The time required for half of the parent isotopes to decay into daughter isotopes |
| absolute age | The numerical age.in years,of a rock or object |
| paleontologist | Scientists who study fossils |
| mold | The impression in a rock left by an ancient organism |