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Holt- Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
| Vocab | Definition |
|---|---|
| uniformitarianism | Processes that shape the Earth today are the same processes that shaped the Earth in the past |
| catastrophism | Geologic change occurs suddenly |
| paleontology | The study of fossils |
| relative dating | comparing objects to each other to see which is younger or older |
| superposition | If undisturbed, younger rocks will be in the top layers and older rocks are in the bottom layers |