Fossil fuel

Question 1

uniformitarianism

Answer 1

the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe

Question 2

catastrophism

Answer 2

something bad

Question 3

paleontology

Answer 3

study of fossils

Question 4

relative dating

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realative dates

Question 5

absolute dating

Answer 5

exact dating

Question 6

superposition

Answer 6

the net response at a given place and time caused by two or more stimuli

Question 7

isotope

Answer 7

are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.

Question 8

radioactive decay

Answer 8

decay that is radioactive

Question 9

half-life

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half alive

Question 10

fossil

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an organism enclosed in sediment

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trace fossil

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traces of fossils

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. mold

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a plant

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cast

Answer 13

a mold

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unconformity

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not conformity

Question 15

mass extinction

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extinction of a large group

Question 16

Jurassic period

Answer 16

dinosaurs

Question 17

Cretaceous period

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79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period

Question 18

Devonian period

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spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian

Question 19

Quaternary period

Answer 19

the current period

Question 20

Permian period

Answer 20

46.7 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period /