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The earth is ______________of years old
Hundreds
Millions
Billions
Trillions
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?old geologistssweet geology musicthe known history of rocks and fossilsa list of every living thing ever
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true?all organisms become fossilsorganisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossilsall organisms that have shells become fossilsthe fossil record is incomplete
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why is the fossil record incomplete?fossils get eroded away over timemost organisms never became fossilsscavengers and decomposers eat them too quicklyall of the above
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?A, B, C, D, E, F, G, HB, F, G, C, D, H, A, EB, G, C, D, E, H, A, FF, A, H, E, D, C, G, B
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.a, b, c, d, eb, c, d, a, eb, c, d, e, ae, d, c, b, a
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In this rock layer diagram there are two unconformities, a fault at E and an intrusion at D. Which unconformity occurred first? How do you know?Intrusion D occurred first because the instrusion has been moved by the fault.The fault occurred first because it has moved the intrusion D.Intrusion D occurred first because it can be seen in all of the rock layers.Fault E occurred first because it is a normal fault.
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Trilobites came before dinosaurs because they were found in a lower rock layer
absolute dating
relative dating
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The earth is 4.6 billion years old
absolute dating
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Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
relative dating
absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?relative datingabsolute datingradioactive datingradiometric dating