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Science Vocab L.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Uniformitarianism | States that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past |
| Absolute Age | The actual age of the events |
| Relative Age | Is the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other rocks and features nearby |
| Superposition | Is the principle that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom |
| Original Horizontality | Most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers |
| Lateral Continuity | Is the principle that sediments are deposited in large, continuous sheets in all lateral directions |
| 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 feature cuts across another feature, the feature that it cuts across is older |
| Fossils | The remains or traces of ancient living things |
| Mass Extinctions | Times when many species on Earth died or became extinct within a relatively short period of time |