F3 Vocabulary

A principle that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes

• paleontology

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

A principle that states that geologic changes occur suddenly

• paleontology

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The scientific study of fossils

• paleontology

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• relative dating

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects

• relative dating

• absolute dating

• geologic column

• superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom

• relative dating

• unconformity

• geologic column

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time

• relative dating

• unconformity

• geologic column

• absolute dating

Any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years

• relative dating

• unconformity

• geologic column

• absolute dating

An atom that has the same number of protons as other atoms of the same element do but has a different number of neutrons

• isotope

• mold

• fossil

• half-life

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The time needed for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay

• isotope

• mold

• fossil

• half-life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8