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E.2 Earth History Flashcards

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measurement of the known rates of decay of radioactive materials that an object contains in order to determine the age of the object

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Absolute (radioactive)Dating

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fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to determine the date of the rock layer in which it was found

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Index Fossil

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states that in undisturbed rock layers that newer layer will be deposited over older layers

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Law of Superposition

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states rock layers that cut across other rock layers are younger than those they cut

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Law of Crosscutting Relationships

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determining the age or order of things from the past or past events without knowing or calculating the actual age

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Relative Age Dating

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rock formed by deposition of sand, clay and other pieces of rock that are compacted together under pressure

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Sedimentary rock

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radioactive heavy metal that is an abundant source of nuclear energy (14 known isotopes, used in radioactive dating)

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uranium

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fracture along which blocks of the Earth’s crust that can be caused by the shifting or dislodging of the Earth’s crust. Types include normal, strike slip, or reverse

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Fault

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remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms from the past; usually at least 10000 years old

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Fossils

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system of chronological measurement that relate to the history of events in Earth’s past, consisting of fossils and major events

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Geologic Time Scale

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a core sample of ice removed from a sheet of ice. Properties of the ice and the crystallized components in the ice are used to reconstruct climatic record

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Ice Core

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type of rock formed under or above ground when magma or lava cools

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Igneous rocks

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rock created from the transformation of other types of rock through heat and pressure

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Metamorphic rock

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the crust that makes up the continents

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Continental Plate

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the change in a geographic area caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains forming, and other natural phenomena.

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Geographic Change

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the study of the rocks, processes, and history of Earth

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Geology

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the part of Earth’s crust that underlies the oceans

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Oceanic Plate

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the movement or study of the movement of Earth’s crust (the movement of the tectonic plates is responsible for geologic and subsequent biologic change over time)

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Plate Tectonics

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more dense tectonic plate dives under another, forms trench, causes volcanos, and earthquakes (Andes Mountains)

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convergent plate boundary

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process in which sediment is laid down in new locations (via glaciers, water, wind, gravity)

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deposition

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two plates moving away from each other, separating, spreading apart

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divergent plate boundary

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the process of wearing or grinding something down

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erosion

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the end of the last type of a specific individual or a group of species (the capability to reproduce and survive is lost)

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extinction

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when the land is forced together at a convergent plate boundary

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folding

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when two oceanic plates pull apart, magma rises and new crust is formed

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sea-floor spreading

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material deposited by water, wind, or glaciers

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sediment

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molten (liquid) rock that reaches the Earth’s surface

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lava

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a strike-slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid-ocean ridge or other tectonic-plate boundary and that is characterized by shallow high-magnitude earthquakes

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transform fault

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serve as excellent index fossils, enabling geologists to date the age of the rocks in which they are found, and possibly the second-most famous fossil group after the dinosaurs

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trilobites

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Earth’s crust and rigid part of the upper mantle

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lithosphere

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molten (liquid) rock beneath the Earth’s surface

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magma

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a divergent boundary in the ocean where new sea floor is being made

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mid-ocean ridge

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a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth

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Pangaea

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a process that explains the basic relationships among igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks

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rock cycle

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a fissure in the earth’s crust through which gases erupt

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volcano

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disintegration or alteration of rock in its natural or original position at or near the Earth’s surface through physical, chemical, and biological processes induced or modified by wind, water, and climate

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weathering

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the layer of the Earth below the crust and above the core

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mantle

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a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

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crater

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a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano

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caldera

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a rocky object that orbits the sun and has an average size between a meteoroid and a planet

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asteroid

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a stratum (layer) of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

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bed (in geology)

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the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature

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Big Bang Theory

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a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

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canyon

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a shift in the world’s average weather and temperature

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climate change

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one of the large landmasses of the earth

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continent

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the gradual movement of very large land masses

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continental drift

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the outer layer of the Earth

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crust

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the organic phenomenon of rotting

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decay

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vibration from underground movement along a fault plane

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earthquake

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the longest unit of geological time

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eon

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a unit of geological time that is divided into ages

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epoch

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a major division of geological time

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era

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the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge

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eruption

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sequence of events involved in the development of a species

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evolution

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the state of being no longer in existence

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extinction

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the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)

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half-life

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a stony or metallic object from space that hits the earth

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meteorite

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a fossil that must be studied microscopically

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microfossil

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a series of hills or mountains

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mountain chain

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the earth science that studies fossil organisms

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paleontology

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a unit of geological time when a system of rocks formed

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period

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the process of turning some plant material into stone

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petrifaction

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a rigid layer of the Earth’s crust

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plate

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belonging to or existing before recorded times

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prehistoric

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a long narrow natural elevation or striation

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ridge

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