9.8 Every rock tells a story Flashcards

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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

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a scientist who studies fossils

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palaeontologists

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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock

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relative age

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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

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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

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