chapter 4 section 1 fossils Flashcards
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sedementary rock
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type of rock that is made of hardened sediment
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fossil
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preserved remains or traces of living things
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mold
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hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organismor part of an organism
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cast
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solid copy of the shape of an organism
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petrified fossils
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fossils in which minarals replace all or part of an organism
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carbon film
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extremly thin coating of carbon of rock
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trace fossils
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example- a fossilized footprint
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paloentologist
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scientist who study fossils
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scientific theory
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well tested concept that explains a wide range of obsevations
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evolution
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gradual change in living things over long periods of time
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extinct
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no longer exists/never again lives on earth
