Earth History Vocab
Across
- 4. age in exact years
- 5. rock that is cooled lava
- 7. when lava comes through to the surface from a volcano
- 8. the weathering of rock by water, wind or other natural agents
- 10. fossils of widely distributed organisms during a short period
- 11. when lava comes and breaks through the layers of rock present
- 12. age based on the position of the rocks or fossils around it
Down
- 1. rock that is formed in layers
- 2. someone who studies fossils
- 3. when a new trait is passed along that is more in tune with the environment
- 6. variation in genetics within a species
- 9. traces of species (in rock) that lived a long time ago
- 13. starts and ends after a great extinction