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Earths history voc
Mrs.averys earths history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fossil | an object that is a trace or remains of living things from the past |
| original Remains | Fossils that are the actual bodies or body parts of an organism (ex. Bones) |
| ice core | a sample of earth that is taken in a tube and shows the layers that have built up over thousands of years |
| relative age | the age of an even or object in relation to other events or objects (younger or older) |
| absoulute age | The actual age in years of an object or event |
| index fossil | Fossils of organisms that were common, lived in many areas, and existed only during a certain time span |
| half life | the length of time it takes for half of the atoms of a radioactive element to change to another form |
| Uniformitarianism | |
| Geological Time scale |