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Fossil |
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organisms preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in a rock |
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Mold fossil |
A fossil formed when an animal plant and other organisms dies and is covered by sediment |
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Cast fossil |
A fossil formed when an animal plant or other organisms dies and it flesh decays |
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Petrified/permineralized |
Forms when solutions rich in minerals permeate porous tissue such as bone or wood minerals |
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Preserved fossil |
Remains of a prehistoric organisms or is a slang for someone or something that is old and outdated |
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Carbonized fossil |
Is a process by which the more valtible substances of plants and animals |
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Trace fossil |
A fossil of a footprint trail burrow or other trace of an animal rather than itself |
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Law of superposition |
A basic law geochrongly stating that Any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers |
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Relative age |
Dating is the science of determining relative order of past events |
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Absolute age |
Is the process of determining an age on a specified time scale in archeology and geology |