QZ 101124 Vocab

1. unconformity

• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil
• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2. correlation

• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil
• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3. Index fossil

• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil
• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4. geologic time scale

• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5. DNA

• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, an organism's genetic material
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6. nucleotide

• a molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

7. replication

• the process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil

8. RNA

• ribonucleic acid, carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

9. transcription

• the process of making mRNA from DNA
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil

10. translation

• the process of making a protein from RNA
• a principle stating that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those in the past
• method used by geologists filling in missing gaps by matching rocks from separate locations 2
• fossil of a species that existed for a short period of time, was abundant, in many locations
• a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in rocks/fossil