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Fossil Vocab

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An ideal sequence of rock layers that contains all the known fossils and rock formations on Earth arranged from oldest to youngest	Geologic Column
determining the age of once living things based on the rate of radioactive carbon decay it decays at a constant rate	Radio carbon dating
the dating of ancient objects in a laboratory	scientific dating
the oldest form of scientific dating based on the fact that a tree grows a new ring every year, also used to date wooden objects	dendrochronology
a principle that states that all geologic change occurs suddenly	catastrophism
the process of establishing the age of an object, such as a fossil or rock layer, by determining the number of years it has existed	absolute dating
determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events	relative dating