chapter 27.4 Flashcards
1
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absolute dating
A
is the process of assigning an exact numerical age to an organism, object, or an event
2
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relative dating
A
is the process of placing objects or events in their proper order in time
3
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uniformitarianism
A
states that the laws of nature operate today as they have in the past
4
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principle of superposition
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states that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rock layers, the youngest rocks will be at the top and the oldest rocks will be at the bottom
5
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uncomformity
A
are gaps in the rock record during which either erosion occured or deposition was absent
6
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fossil
A
remains or traces of organisms found in the geologic rock record
