3.1, 3.4, 3.5

Question 1

in 1788, James Hutton collected his notes and wrote this , he started understanding Earth’s history was all around us.

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Theory of the Earth

Question 2

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

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Uniformitarism

Question 3

a principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly

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Catastrophism

Question 4

rare sudden events, supporters of catastrophic.

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catastrophes

Question 5

from 1830 to 1833, Lyell published three volumes tilted this

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Principles of Geology

Question 6

the scientific study of fossils

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paleontology

Question 7

scientists that study the scientific way of fossils

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paleontologists

Question 8

the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes

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fossil

Question 9

a process in which the pore space in an organism’s hard tissue. (ex. bone or wood is filled with minerals)

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permineralization

Question 10

a process in which the organism’s tissues are completely replaces with minerals

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replacement

Question 11

a fossilized mark that is formed in soft sediment by the movement of an animal

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trace fossil

Question 12

is the third type of trace fossil, is preserved in animal dung

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coprolite

Question 13

a mark or cavity made in a sedimentary surface by a shell or other body

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mold

Question 14

a type of fossil that forms when sediments fill in the cavity left by a decomposed organism

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cast

Question 15

a fossil that is found in the rock layers of only one geologic age and this is used to establish the age of the rock layers

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index fossil

Question 16

was a marine mollusk similar to a modern squid

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tropites

Question 17

paleontologists have determined that they lived approximately about 400 million years ago

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Phacops

Question 18

the standard method used to divide the Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts

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geologic time scale

Question 19

the largest division of geologic time

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eon

Question 20

a unit of geologic time that includes two or more periods

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era

Question 21

a unit of geologic time into which eras are divided

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period

Question 22

a subdivision of a geologic period

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epoch

Question 23

was in the Cambrian period, when the number of marine species greatly increased

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hallucigenia

Question 24

the death of every member of a species

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extinction

Question 25

the Mesozoic era began 248 million years ago

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Age of Reptiles

Question 26

the Cenozoic era from 65 million years ago to the present

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Age of Mamals

Question 27

the eon in which we live in, the rock and fossil record mainly represents the Phanerozoic eon

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Phanerozoic eon

Question 28

the eon in which we live in, the rock and fossil record mainly represents the Phanerozoic eon

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Proterozoic eon

Question 29

the earliest known rocks on Earth formed during this eon

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Archean eon

Question 30

the only rocks that scientists have found from this eon are meteorites and rocks from the moon

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Hadean eon