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Geology flashcard set covering fossils, radiometric dating, and the geologic time scale for Grade 12.
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Geology and Fossil Dating Flashcards

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This 41-card flashcard set covers fundamental concepts in historical geology and paleontology for Grade 12. Content includes uniformitarianism and catastrophism, relative and absolute dating methods, fossil types (permineralization, petrification, trace fossils), radiometric dating, half-life, and the geologic time scale (eons, eras, periods, epochs). Use it for earth science review, AP exam preparation, or vocabulary drills in a geology or paleontology unit.

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:

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