Earth History Vocabulary
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| Theory | show 🗑
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| show | The hypothesis that the Earth developed gradually through natural processes still at work today. Examples: weathering processes, erosion, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc...)
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| Stratigraphy | show 🗑
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| show | The death of all members of a species.
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| Fossil | show 🗑
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| Plate Tectonics | show 🗑
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| Paleontology | show 🗑
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| show | Used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth.
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| Radiometric Dating | show 🗑
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| show | The reproductive success of an organism
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| Adaptations | show 🗑
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| show | The unequal survival and reproduction of organisms due to the preservation of favorable adaptations.
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| show | A group of individuals of the same species, found in the same time and place and are able to reproduce
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| Evolution | show 🗑
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| Species | show 🗑
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| show | An inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species. Results from mutations in the genes of the organism (permanent)
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| show | A slow, ongoing process where one species changes into a new species.
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| show | A rapid process where the mutation of a few genes results in the appearance of a new species over a relatively short period of time.
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| show | Formed when layers of sand, silt, clay, or mud are compacted and cemented together. examples: limestone, sandstone, shale
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| show | An element that gives off a steady amount of radiation as it slowly changes to a nonradioactive element
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| show | The study of embryos and their development.
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| Homologous | show 🗑
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| show | Structures that no longer seem to have a function.
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| Relative Dating | show 🗑
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| show | The exact age of an object (such as a rock or artifact); found by techniques, such as the study of growth rings in trees and radiocarbon dating.
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| show | A law that states that the oldest rock layer Is at the bottom and each layer above is the youngest.
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| show | Earth's formation which accounts for 85% of Earth's history. No fossil Record
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| show | An era of Earth's history where several plant and animal species evolve. Accounts for 8.5% of Earth's history. Occurs after the Precambrian Era and before the Mesozoic Era
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| Mesozoic Era | show 🗑
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| Cenozioc Era | show 🗑
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| show | Represents a large part of geologic time and the longest unit of time.
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| Epoch | show 🗑
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| show | A broad span of geological time based on the general type of life existing during the time. The four eras on Earth are Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
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| Period | show 🗑
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| Age | show 🗑
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| Half Life | show 🗑
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| show | middle
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| "Paleo" | show 🗑
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| show | recent life
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| show | The same
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| show | Secondary mold that is a replica of the original.
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| show | Threatened with danger or extinction.
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| show | A fossilized track, burrow, or other sign of activity of life of an animal made in sedimentary rock.
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| Carbon Film | show 🗑
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| Mold | show 🗑
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| show | The fossilization of an organism from the Conversion of organic material into inorganic material.
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| show | A yellow, brown, or transluscent resin that comes from Coniferous Trees (pine trees).
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| show | A molasses-like liquid petroleum product that oozes from the Earth's surface.
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| show | A natural occuring object that looks like a fossil, but is not.
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| show | To keep in perfect or unaltered, original condition
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| show | Parallel to the ground. Example: Lying flat on your back.
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| "Pseudo" | show 🗑
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| show | One or "One in the Same"
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| show | Study of Earth's processes
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| "Geo" | show 🗑
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| "ology" | show 🗑
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| show | Layers
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| show | illustration or drawings of
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| "ologist" | show 🗑
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| show | A person who studies Earth's processes.
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| Invertebrates | show 🗑
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| Vertebrates | show 🗑
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| Cladogram | show 🗑
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| show | diversity amoung plants and animals species within an environment.
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