Dinosaur Trail Unit 1 Vocab

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

• sediment

• asteroid

• eon

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The largest division of geologic time

• sediment

• asteroid

• eon

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A period of time in history in which a rock series is deposited

• sediment

• asteroid

• epoch

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.

• era

• index fossil

• extinction

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.

• epoch

• index fossil

• extinction

• geoscience process

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.

• eon

• fossil

• extinction

• geoscience process

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process by which the remains of a once-living organism are preserved as a fossil

• eon

• permineralization

• relative dating

• fossilization

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A natural process that forms and shapes the Earth's surface

• geoscience process

• permineralization

• relative dating

• fossilization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found

• geoscience process

• permineralization

• epoch

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A process that occurs when minerals fill the open spaces within organic material, turning it into a fossil

• geoscience process

• permineralization

• epoch

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1