MS-ESS1-4 Key Terms

Outline of the major divisions in Earth's history

• Geologic Time Scale

• Precambrian

• Eon

• Era

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Age of Early Life

• Geologic Time Scale

• Precambrian

• Eon

• Era

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Longest unit of geologic time (ex. Phanerozoic)

• Period

• Epoch

• Eon

• Era

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One of the three long units of geologic time between the Precambrian and the present

• Period

• Epoch

• Eon

• Era

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One of the units of geologic time into which geologist divide eras

• Period

• Epoch

• Relative age

• Absolute age

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Subdivision of the periods of the geologic time scale

• Period

• Epoch

• Relative age

• Absolute age

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Age of an object compared to the age of another

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Relative age

• Absolute age

True age of a rock or fossil

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Relative age

• Absolute age

Horizontal layers of sedimentary rock

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

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Rocked formed by the crystallization of hot melted rock or minerals

• Rock strata

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock