9.8 Every rock tells a story Flashcards
1
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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
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fossil
2
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a scientist who studies fossils
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palaeontologists
3
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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock
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relative age
4
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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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mould
5
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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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trace fossils