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What is Erosion?
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All the natural processes that wear away earth and rock.
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What is the meaning of Evidence?
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The meaning of evidence is.......the data used to draw a conclusion.
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What is excavation?
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The process of finding something by digging for it.
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What is the meaning of the word extinct?
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No longer living on the Earth;having died out
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What are fossils?
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The hardened skeletons or other remains of creatures of prehistoric times
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What is a geologist?
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A scientist who study the earth's crust and rocks it is made of
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A hypotheses is a . . .
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scientific suggestions based on what is known so far.
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What is a paleontologist?
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A scientist who studies prehistoric life.
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Specimens are . . . .
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samples taken for scientific study.
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What is a theory?
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An idea that is based on evidence but that cannot be stated as fact.
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