9.7 Flashcards
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Palaeontologist
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A scientist that studies fossils
2
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Folding
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the buckling of rocks. It is caused when rocks are under pressure from both sides.
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Relative age
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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock
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Scavengers
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animals that eat dead plant and animal material
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Carnivores
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Animals that eat other animals
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Mould
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cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism; types of fungi found growing on the surface of foods
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Trace fossils
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fossils that provide evidence, such as footprints, that an organism was present when the rock was formed
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Extinct
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Things that are no longer alive/working/active
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Fossil
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any remains, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a former geological age; evidence of life in the past
