science vocab

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Coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock

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Granite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Gap in rock record due to weathering and erosion

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Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Matching fossils from different regions

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Correlation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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A rock or sediment layer used as a marker

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Key Bed

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Processes occurring today have been happening since Earth formed.

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Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Order of geologic events

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Relative Age Dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Sedimentary rocks are deposited in nearly horizontal layers.

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Original Horizontality

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Inclusions must be older than the containing rock layer.

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Principle of Inclusions

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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In an undisturbed rock sequence, the oldest rocks are at the bottom, with each layer above being younger.

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Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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An intrusion or fault is younger than the rock it cuts across.

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Cross-Cutting Relationship