Geological and Evolutionary Concepts
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Biology
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9th Grade
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Hard
Salina Patton
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1.
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Fossil
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Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.
2.
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Relative Dating
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Method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock.
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Law of Superposition
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In any sequence of undisturbed layers of sedimentary rock, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top.
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Radiometric (Absolute) Dating
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Technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they formed.
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Uniformitarianism
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The principle that the processes that alter the Earth are uniform through time.
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Catastrophism
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The theory that Earth's features are mostly accounted for by sudden, short-lived, violent events, such as earthquakes or floods.
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Plate Tectonics
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The theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust result from the interaction of rigid lithospheric (rock like) plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
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