Rock And Fossol Records

Question 0

What are changes the result of

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Geologic processes

Question 1

What did James Hutton in 1795 write

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The theory of the earth

Question 2

Do the geologic processes remain uniform or do they change over time

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They remain uniform

Question 3

What is the theory of uniformitarianism.?

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A principle that states that the same geologic processes shaping the earth today have been at work throughout the Earth’s history

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What is catastrophism

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The principle that states that all geologic change occurs suddenly

Question 5

Scientist were eventually one over and supported_________.

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Uniformitarianism

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What is a compromise between the two

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Theory of actualism

Question 7

Most geological change is _______ and ________.

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Uniform and gradual

Question 8

________ Happen and can cause major changes in brief amounts of time

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Catastrophes

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What is relative dating

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Determining whether an object is older or younger than the other objects

Question 10

Definition

States that older rocks form on the bottom and newer rocks on the top of the older layers

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Superposition

Question 11

Definition
An ideal sequence of rock layers that contained on and fossils and rock formations on earth arrange from oldest to youngest

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The geologic column

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What is the geologic column created from

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Many different observations and information gathered over time, combined to one resource

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What is the geologic column used for

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Interpret different rock sequences

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A break in the earths crust where the pieces of crust slide along one another

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Fault

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When rock layers are slanted without folding

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Tilt

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A surface that represents a missing part of the geologic column

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Unconformities

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What do unconformities represent

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Time that wasnt recorded

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What could unconformities be from

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Not forming or from a layer being eroded away

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What is absolute dating

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A process of establishing the age of an object by determining the number of years it has existed. Finds and absolute age.

Question 20

Atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons.

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Isotopes

Question 21

Most isotopes are________.

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Stable

Question 22

Radioactive isotopes change and______________________.

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Break down into stable isotopes

Question 23

How can isotopes help determine an objects age.??

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Measuring the amount of radioactive isotopes vs stable isotopes

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What is radiometric dating

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Determining the absolute age of a material by comparing stable and radioactive isotopes.

Question 25

What is a half life.???

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The time it take for half of a radioactive sample to decay or become stable.

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What is a fossil

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Any naturally preserved evidence of life

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Minerals fill in pore spaces of an organisms tissue

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Permineralization

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When an organisms tissues are completely replaced by minerals

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Petrification

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Organisms preserved by being covered by tree sap which hardens and forms amber

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Fossils in amber

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Organisms dry out in very dry climates and cannot decompose

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Mummification

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What is a trace fossil

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A naturally preserved evidence of animal activity

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Preserved animal dung or feces

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Coprolites

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A type of fossil formed on the ground from the organism being pressed into the ground

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Mold

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A fossil formed when the organism has decayed and sediment fills in the mold fossil

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Cast

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A nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

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Fossil fuels

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Most common solid fossil fuel

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Coal

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Thick liquid mixture of hydrocarbons

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Petroleum

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Gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons

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Natural gas

Question 39

The only rocks we have from this eon are from meteorites on the moon

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Hadean eon

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Earliest known rocks on earth formed during this eon

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Archean eon

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The first organisms with well developed cells appear

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Proterozoic eon

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People animals are first found in this eon.!!

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Phanerozoic eon

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Aquatic animals , amphibians, insects. Ended with a mass extinction . 90% species died.

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Paleozoic era

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Age of the reptiles, dinosaurs, some birds, and small mammals by the end of the era. 50% species died . Triassic, jurassic, cretaceous

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Mesozoic era

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Age of the mammals. We live in this era. Many mammals from early in the era are now extinct.

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Cenozoic era