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uniformitarianaisom   a principale that geogicaly process that occured in the past can be explained by current geogilic processes  
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fossil   the trace or remains of an organisom that lived long ago most comminly preserved in sedementary rock  
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trace fossil   a fossilized structure such as a footrpint or a coprolite that formed in sedementary rock by an animal activity om or within soft sediment  
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climate   the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time  
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ice core   a long cylidnaer of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheetes used to study past climates  
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relitave dating   any method of determining whether an ebent or object is older or younger than other events or objects  
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superposition   a principal that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layersw have not been distributed  
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uncomformity   a break in the geologic recodf created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not depostited for a long peroid of time  
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geologic colllumn   an orderd arrangment of rock layers that is based on the relitive ages of rocks and in wich oldestr riocks are on the bottom  
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