HotE Vocabulary pt1

The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers

• Age of Amphibians

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Half-life

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Divided periods characterized by differences in life-forms

• epochs

• periods

• era

• eon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Middle Paleozoic; some invertebrates on land, mountain ranges forming

• Age of Invertebrates

• Age of Fishes

• Age of Mammals

• Age of Reptiles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A stable atom that results from the decay of a radioactive atom

• daughter atom

• parent atom

• relative age

• isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The largest division of geologic time; based on abundance of fossils

• era

• half-life

• epochs

• eon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Based on types of existing life globally at a particular time

• eon

• epochs

• periods

• era

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

SI unit of energy

• Newton

• Joule

• Calorie

• Watt

Containing fossils

• Epochs

• Sedimentary rock

• Fossiliferous

• Bioclastic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• Cast

• Fossil

• Mold

• Half-life

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The numeric age of an object or event, often stated in years before the present, as established by an absolute-dating process, such as radiometric dating

• Half-life

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Parent isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8