Fossil record Flashcards
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Fossil
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The remains of dead organisms
2
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Trace fossil
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An indicator of an organisms activities and the environment of which an organism spent time in
3
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Rapid burial
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Where fossils are protected from biotic (e.g, scavengers) and abiotic (e.g, wind) factors so that the fossilization process can begin
4
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Deposition
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The laying down of sediments in order to preserve fossils
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Taphonomy
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The study of how organisms decay and become fossilised
6
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Sediment
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Matter which settles at the bottom of liquid
7
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Diagenesis
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Physical and chemical changes which occurs to sediments that turn them into sedimentary rocks
