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fossils

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uniformitarianism a principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes
trace fossil a fossilized structure, such as a footprint or a coprolite that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity on or within soft sediment
fossil the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
climate the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
ice core a long cylinder of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheets, used to study past climates
climate (different) climate shows patterns about the weather of an area, knowledge of organisms in these climates, help put together Earth's climate history
fossil (different) fossils are clues about earths climate history,follows found in areas give ideas about what the climate was like at that time
ice core (different) ice cores are clues about earths climate history, ice cores compositions helps to figure out more information
changes in climate in places that are warm on earth today, they might've been cooler millions of years ago
how old is earth 4.6 billion years old
where are fossils usually found sedimentary rock
mammoths are found preserved in permafrost/ice
are the hard parts of organisms mostly the fossils? yes
what is the stable atom the daughter
what is the unstable atom the parent
what happens if the nucleus is unstable it will break apart
why do geologists use relative dating placing the rock layer in oldest to youngest
what is the law of cross cutting its younger than the rock its cutting through
what is an index fossil a fossil that marks time
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