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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Uniformitarianism | States that geoligic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past. |
| Absolute age | The actual age of events. |
| Relative age | The age of rocks and geologic features compared which other rocks and features. |
| Superposition | The principle that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom |
| Original horizontal | Rock for mining materials that are deposited in horizontal layers. |
| Lateral Continuity | Principle that sediments are deposited |
| Inclusions | If one rock contains pieces of another rock. the rock containing the pieces is younger than the pieces. |
| Cross-cutting relationships | If one geologic features cuts across another, the feature that cuts across is older. |
| Fossils | Remains or traces of achient living things. |
| Mass extinctions | Sudden disappearence in fossil record of many organisms. |