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Details Title: Earth history Description: more mr. drake earth history Total Flash Cards: 46 Created: 04/26/2007 14:47:43	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Quaternary Definition cenozoic Term teritary Definition cenozoic Term crestaceous Definition mesozoic Term jurassic Definition mesozoic Term triassic Definition mesozoic Term permian Definition paleozoic Term pennsylvanian Definition palezoic Term mississppian Definition paleozoic Term devonian Definition paleozoic Term silurian Definition paleozoic Term ordovician Definition paleozoic Term cambrian Definition paleozoic Term law that states sedimentary rock, when undisturbed is older the further you go down. Definition Law of Superposition Term igeneous rock is always younger than the rock it intrudes Definition cross cutting principle Term dating compared to something elses age Definition relative dating Term dating that is to an exact number Definition absolute dating Term gets rocks into layers Definition deposition Term sedimentary rocks will always be layed down horizontally Definition law of horizontillity Term any erosion surface creates ot, layer on top does not ____. Definition unconformity Term graph that shows ratio parent to daughter Definition isochron Term What are offtened radio isotopes used for dating Definition rubdium-strasium Term major mountain building sequence Definition orogenesis Term what are the oldest fossils called Definition stromatolites Term what rock is found under michigan Definition mostly sedimentary Term waht are some events assiociated with plate techtonics that could produce a wide spread biological extinction? Definition vulcanism, earthquakes Term ALL IN OCEAN primative marine life Definition precamberian Term oxgenation atmosphere, volcaoes Definition precamberian Term What is the only remain feature from paleozoic era? Definition canadian sheild Term What does the canadian sheild prove? Definition Only canada was above sea level before paleozoic era. Term 570 million yrs ago Definition paleozoic Term When were appalacian mtns uplifted? Definition paleozoic Term what type of mtns is the rockies Definition fault block Term large range in michigan Definition Kalarney Term what type of mtns are kalarney Definition folded mountains Term what ended paleozoic Definition mass extinction of trilobites, seed ferns Term first organism to have head thorax and abdomine Definition trilobites Term hudson froms, rockies are uplifted Definition mesozoic Term time of the dinosaurs Definition mesozoic Term non flowering plants Definition gynosperms Term flowering plants Definition angeosperms Term time of mammals Definition cenozoic Term alps and himalayas formed Definition cenozoic Term great lakes form Definition cenozoic Term sierra nevada forms Definition cenozoic Term what are 4 types of fossils Definition resin mold cast petrification replaced remains trace Term what time did the a)Horse b)ferms c)clams d) insects e) apes exist? Definition a. merozoic-now b. paleozoic-now c. paleozioc-now d. paleozoic-now e. cenozoic-now