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| REEMAINS IMPRINT OR TRACES ONCE LIVING ORGANISMS |
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| A TYPE OF BODY FOSSIL THAT FORMS IN ROCK WHEN AN ORGANISM WITH HARD PARTS IS BURIED |
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| METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE ORDER OF EVENTS & RELATIVE AGES |
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| PROCESS USED TO CALCULATE THE AGE OR ROCK BY MEASURING THE RATIO OF PARENT ISOTOPE TO DAUGHTER PRODUCT IN A MINERAL |
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| A TYPE OF BODY FOSSIL THAT FORMS WHEN CRYSTALS FILL A MOLD OR SEDIMENTS WASH INTO A MOLD AND HARDEN |
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| PRINCIPLE STATING THAT EARTHS PROCESSESES OCCURING TODAY ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT OCCURED IN THE PAST |
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| ELEMENT FOUND IN TISSUES OF MOST ORGANISMS |
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| TIME IT TAKES FOR HALF OF THE ATOMS IN A RADIOACTIVE TO DECAY |
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| GAPS FOUND IN ROCK RECORDS |
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| FOSSILS IN WHICH THE SPACES INSIDE ARE FILLED WITH MINERALS FROM GROUND WATER |
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| THE THIN FILM OF CARBON RESIDUE PRESERVED AS A FOSSIL |
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