LESSON 1 Vocabulary-Geologic Change Over Time

Question 1

Uniformitarianism

Answer 1

States that geologic processes that happened in the last can be explained by current geologic processes.

Question 2

Fossil

Answer 2

Are the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, mot commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

Question 3

Trace Fossil

Answer 3

Is a fossilized structure that formed in sedimentary dock by animal activity on or in soft sediment.

Question 4

Climate

Answer 4

Of an area describes the weather conditions in a area over a long period of time.

Question 5

Ice core

Answer 5

Scientists can drill down into icecaps to collect a long cylinder of ice called an ice core.