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This 42-card flashcard set covers geologic time, fossil formation, and dating methods for 12th Grade earth science. Topics include uniformitarianism, relative and absolute dating, radiometric dating and half-life, fossil types (permineralization, petrification, molds, and casts), and the geologic time scale with its eons, eras, and periods. Use it for exam review, geology course vocabulary, or exam preparation.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
12th Grade
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • Uniformitarianism
  • James Hutton
  • Catastrophsim
  • Charles Lyell
  • relative dating
  • Superposition
  • geologic column
  • fault
  • intrusion
  • folding
  • tilting
  • unconformity
  • absolute dating
  • radioactive
  • radioactive decay
  • radiometric dating
  • half-life
  • fossil
  • organisms
  • permineralization
  • petrification
  • amber
  • trace fossil
  • track
  • 3 types of trace fossils:
  • coprolites
  • mold
  • cast
  • index fossils
  • geologic time scale
  • eons
  • eras
  • periods
  • epochs
  • paleozoic
  • Paleozoic Era
  • Mesozoic
  • Mesozoic Era
  • Cenozoic
  • Cenozoic Era
  • Cenozoic Era referred to:
  • isotopes

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