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Correlation
Matching by bedrock layers or rock type or by age
Evolution
The gradual change in living organisms from generation to generation, over a long period of time
Extinction
The death of every individual of a particular species (ESRT)
Index fossil
Fossils used to establish the age of rocks; they must be easy to recognize, found over a large geographic area, and they must have existed for a brief period geologic time (ESRT)
Paleontology
The study of fossils
Species
A group of organisms so similar that they can breed to produce fertile offspring