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Fault line (noun) - According to Webster's New World Dictionary, 3rd College Edition, a fracture or zone of fractures in rock strata together with movement that displaces the sides relative to one another.

Fossil (noun) - According to Webster's New World Dictionary, 3rd College Edition, any hardened remains or imprints of plant or animal life of some previous geologic period, preserved in the earth's crust.


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