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the theory that changes in the earth’s crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes.

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Uniformitarianism

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the theory that changes in the earth’s crust during geological history has resulted chiefly from sudden violent and unusual events.

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Catastrophism

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the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.

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paleontology

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Relative species that date or have not been through the thing.

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relative dating

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Dating if you aren’t relatives if you are a species of an animal.

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absolute dating

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Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics.

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superposition

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each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei, and hence differ in relative atomic mass but not in chemical properties; in particular, a radioactive form of an element.

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isotope

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Radioactive decay is the emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation.

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radioactive decay

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Half-Life is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve.

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half-life

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A fossil is an imprint of an extinct animal.

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fossil

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a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.

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trace fossil

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Mold is a type of bacteria that stays for a while.

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mold

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A cast is like a sling and it holds an arm.

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cast

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14
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a surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata.

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unconformity

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15
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A mass extinction event is when species vanish much faster than they are replaced.

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mass extinction

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16
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A period of when dinosaurs lived.

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Jurassic period

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The cretaceous Period, in geologic time, is the last of the three periods of the Mesozoic Era. The Cretaceous began 145.0 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.

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Cretaceous period

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The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago

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Devonian period

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The Quaternary Period is the third and last of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era.

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Quaternary period

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The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period 298.9 million years ago, to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.

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Permian period