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Fossils

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Sedimentary rock   rock made of loose pieces of other rocks crushed together.  
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Original remains   actuall body parts of organisims  
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casts and molds   fossils made in sedimentary rocks  
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petrified wood   Stone fossil of a tree  
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fossil   Remains of living things from long ago  
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ice core   a tublar sample that shows layers of snow and ice  
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relative age   the age of an object or event in relatijon to other objects  
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carbon films   a film that is left on a rock and shows soft parts of an animal  
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trace fossils   not animal parts, rather evidence that an animal was there (foot print)  
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Tree rings   something that shows the age of trees  
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index fossils   fossils that existed for specific spans of time  
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absolute age   the exact age of a object or event  
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half life   the measurement of radioactive elements age  
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geologic time scale   divides earths history into intervals of time  
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