Quizlet stupid science words

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  1. carbon-14: determins age of organic matter
  2. core: center of the earth and mostly composed of liquid iron
  3. crust: thinest layer and coolest layer of the earth
  4. decay: in a radaioactive eliment into a different radioactive element or a non radioactive element
  5. deep time: cold earth view of the earths history
  6. dendrochronology: determins age by counting tree rings
  7. fossil graveyard: argument against the doctrin of uniformity
  8. geology: the study of the earth and its structers and processes
  9. historical geology: that branch of geology tha5t deals with the origin and history of the earth's structure, materials, and process
  10. mantle: dencer than the core
  11. organic: In mineral, describes materials that are obtined from living or once - lliving organisms
  12. radioactive: emits nuclear radiation
  13. sediment: settles out of the water
  14. seismologist: a geologist who studys the earthquakes
  15. strata: sedemenary lawyers of the earths crust