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hypothesis stating that continents slowly drift parallel to Earths surface Continental Drift
the idea that Earth processes that are at work today were also working on Earth in the past Uniformitarianism
the theory that undisturbed layers of rock have the oldest layers of rock on the bottom and youngest on the top Superposition
is rock that is broken down into smaller pieces of that is dissolved into water Sedimentary Rock
ancient super continent that began breaking up about 200 million years ago Pangaea
theory that explains how lithispheric plates move and interact causing major geologic features and events Plate tectonics
the history of all known fossils and their placements in the formation of rocks and formation of rocks and positions in time Fossil Record
calculated by using half-life of certain isotopes Absolute Dating
an approximate calculation of quanity Estimation
when an unstable atomic nucleus changes to another nucleus by emmiting particles and energy Radioactive Decay
rock that forms from magma or lava Igneous Rock
age based on objects found at the same site(pottery,tools,etc) Relative Dating
the time it takes for a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay to its original mass Half-Life
the smallest unit of matter,a nucleus surrounded by protons and electrons Atoms
the fossilized remains of an organism that existed over vast areas for a short period of time Index Fossils
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