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- 1. Multiple ChoiceProduced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayedcastmoldoriginal remains
- 2. Multiple ChoiceCavity in a rock made when an organism decayedcastmoldoriginal remains
- 3. Multiple ChoicePrinciple that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the pastunconformitiesuniformitariansimsuperposition
- 4. Multiple ChoiceProcess that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their agesrelative datingradioactive decayabsolute dating
- 5. Multiple ChoicePrinciple that states in a sequence of undisturbed rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the rocks become progressively younger toward the topsuperpositionuniformitarianismhalf-life
- 6. Multiple ChoiceGaps in rock records made when agents of erosion remove existing rock layersfossilsunconformitiespermineralized remains
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMethod by which a geologist can calculate the absolute age of the rock by knowing the half-life of an isotoperadiometric datingrelative datingabsolute dating
- 8. Multiple ChoiceTime it takes for half of an isotopes atoms to decayrelative ageabsolute agehalf-life
- 9. Multiple ChoiceFossil of thin layer of carbon atoms and moleculesoriginal remainscarbon filmtrace fossil
- 10. Multiple ChoiceFormed when original material in skeletal remains are replaced by mineralsoriginal remainsfossilpermineralized remains
- 11. Multiple ChoiceMethod by which order of events or age of rocks is determined by examining the position of rocks in a layerrelative datingabsolute datingradiometric dating
- 12. Multiple ChoiceRemains, imprints or traces of once-living organismswatersuperpositionfossils
- 13. Multiple ChoiceProcess that occurs when the number of protons in an atom is changed and new element is formedradioactive decayradiometric datingabsolute age
- 14. Multiple ChoiceFossils of species that existed for short periods and were widespreadtrace fossilsindex fossilsoriginal remains
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Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngestA,B,C,DD,C,B,A - 16. Multiple ChoiceCorrectly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngestC,E,D,A,BC,E,D,A,BC,E, D,B,A
- 17. Multiple ChoiceCorrectly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngestA,D, C, B, EE, B,C D, AB,E,C, D, A
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