Test 2 Flashcards
What is a half life?
The Amount of time it takes for 1/2 of a radioactive sample to decay into a daughter
What is coprolite?
Fossil poop
One of the earliest young earth creationist
Nicolas Steno
The Amount of time it takes for a parent to turn into a daughter
A Half Life
What is the name for fossil poop?
Coprolite
What is an unconformity?
A break in time during sedimentation
What’s the name for a break in time during sedimentation
Unconformity
The process of linking rock units over distances where they are unseen
Correlation
Where is a place that all 3 types of unconformities are seen?
Grand Canyon
What is correlation?
The process of linking rock units over distances where they are unseen
What are the 2 types of correlation?
Physical and Temporal
What are the 6 different kinds of fossils
body, (impressions tracks and trails), carbonized, petrified, coprolite, amber
