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Geologic Time Vocab & Spelling Terms
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In your notebook, label this “Geologic Time Vocabulary.”
Definitions (due Tues. 9/16) - Write each term listed below, and copy its definition
from the glossary in your textbook.
Sentences (due Friday 9/19) - Turn to the textbook page given to find a sentence
that uses the word and demonstrates its meaning. Copy that sentence & underline
the word.
1. Amphibian (p 130)
2. Epochs (p 125)
3. Era (p 124)
4. Extrusion (p 116)
5. Fault (p 115)
6. Geologic Time Scale (p 123)
7. Intrusion (p 116)
8. Invertebrate (p 124)
9. Law of Superposition (p 114)
10. Lithosphere (p. 18)
11. Period (p 125)
12. Relative Age (p 113)
13. Soil Horizon (p 51)
14. Unconformity (p 115)
Spelling – There will be three SPELLING questions on the quiz. Be able to spell
amphibian, invertebrate, and lithosphere correctly!!
Quiz Date: Wednesday, 9/24