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19 Cards in this Set
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Evidence about how something lived. Nothing really died there. |
Trace |
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Evidence of evolution |
Fossils |
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When a void fills with sediment or minerals |
Mold and cast |
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Things needed to make a fossil |
Rapid burial, hard parts |
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Oxygen deprivation |
No oxygen, no decomposition |
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Living material replaced by minerals |
Permineralization |
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Absolute dating |
Age in actual years |
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Relative dating |
Age relative to something else |
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Learning about space |
Astronomy |
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Blanket of gases that surround Earth |
Atmosphere |
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(Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) considers interaction between Earth's spheres |
Earth system |
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(Astronomy, geology, meteorology, oceanography) branch of science dealing with physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere |
Earth science |
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Rigid outer shell of planet that includes crust and solid, uppermost part of mantle |
Lithosphere |
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Any regions of matter that make up earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere |
Geosphere |
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Living things |
Biosphere |
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Learning about H2O |
Hydrosphere |
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Learning about oceans |
Oceanology |
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Learning about solid earth |
Geology |
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Learning about the atmosphere |
Meteorology |
