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Changes over time
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fossil | Preserved organism |
| Mold | Imprint of an organism |
| Cast | When mold is filled cast fossil form |
| Petrified fossil | When minerals replace a organism |
| Carbon film | When a fossil is covered in a layer of carbon |
| Relative age | Age of rock or fossil compared to another |
| Absolute age | Actual age |
| Law of Superposition | Old on the bottom New on the top |
| Fault | Crack in earths crust |
| Unconformity | Layer missing |
| Index fossil | Fossil used to compare other layers |
| Geologic time scale | How geologic time is divided |
| Era | Period of time |
| Period | Period inside a period |