Change Over Time

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Theory of evolution

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Gradual change in living things over time

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fossil record

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provides evidence of the history of life on earth

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5 fossil types

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Petrified fossils, Molds and casts, Carbon films, Trace fossils, Preserved Remains

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Petrified fossils

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fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

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Mold

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a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism

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Cast

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a copy of the shape of an organism

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Carbon films

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an extremely thin coating of carbon, on rock

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Trace fossils

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shapes of ancient plants and animals, usually foot prints or leaf prints in mud

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Preserved remains

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organisms trapped and preserved in tar, ice, amber, or bogs

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Relative age

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age compared to age of other rocks

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Absolute age

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actual age of the rock

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Law of supersition

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in horizontal rock layers, oldest rocks on the bottom

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Extrusion

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lava that hardens on the surface

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The rock below the extrusion is always ____________ than the extrusion

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Older

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Intrusion

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Magma that pushes into rock and cools

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Intrusions are always ___________ than the layers it pushes through

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Younger

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Uncomformity

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A gap in the geological record

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Index fossils

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Fossils used to help date rock layers

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Radioactive decay

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when an element releases energy and changes from one element to another

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Half life

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the time it takes for one half life of an element

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Radioactive dating

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used to find thge absolute age of rocks

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Carbon 14 dating

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used to date plants and animals

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Geological time scale

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a record of life forms and geological events

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what are the four eras

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Pre Cambrian , Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

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Pre Cambrian era

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Mostly life forms similar to bacteria

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Paleozoic era

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mostly marine invertebrates

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Mesozoic era

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age of the dinosaurs

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Cenozoic

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age of the mammals

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What are the names of the Paleozoic periods from oldest tp youngest

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Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian

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What are the mesozoic periods in order from oldest to youngest

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Triassic, jurassic, cretaceous

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What are the names of the Cenozoic periods fro oldest to youngest

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Tertiary, Quartenary

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the age of the fish is.........

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Devonian period

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What is the age of the reptiles?

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Triassic period

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Whats the age of the dinosaurs

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Jurassic period

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What is the age of the mammals

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Tertiary

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What caused the mass extinction of the mesozoic era

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An object from space

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Fossils-

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preserved remains

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Lack of deposition=

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Was brought out of the water

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What is the cambrian explosion

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an outburst of evolved lifeforms

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What caused the Cambrian explosion

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Evolution