EMILY - earth science week 2

Mummification is the process of preserving a body in very dry places, preventing decay and allowing for fossil formation.

Chemical sedimentary rock is formed from minerals that were once dissolved in water.

MA stands for 'million years ago', a unit used to denote time in geology.

Quartzite is a non-foliated metamorphic rock formed from the metamorphism of sandstone.

A varve is a pair of sedimentary layers that represent one year of deposition, often found in glacial lakes.

Petrification is the process by which organic material becomes fossilized through the replacement of its original material with minerals.

Sedimentation is the process by which particles settle out of a fluid, forming layers of sediment.

Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks, while chemical sedimentary rocks form from minerals precipitated from solution.

The Pliocene Epoch is a period in geological time that began about 5.3 million years ago, characterized by significant geological and climatic changes.

Tree rings can provide information about past climate conditions and are used in dendrochronology to date events.