9.7 Flashcards
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Palaeontologist
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Palaeontologist a science who studies fossils
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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 age of another rock.
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Carnivores
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Animals that eat other animals
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Scavenger
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Animals that eat dead plant and animal material
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Mould
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Cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism.
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Trace fossils
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Fossils that provide evidence of footprint that an organism was present when the rock was formed.
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Extinct
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Volcanoes that no longer active
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Fossil
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Any remains, impressions, or trace an animal or plant of a former geological age.
