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dating something that is not the exact date?
What is relative dating.
100
there are 3 geologic forces that can change the earth.
What is false.
100
Scientists support ________.
What is catastrophism.
100
______ is molten rock from the earths interior that squeezes into the gap.
What is intrusion.
100
How old is the Earth?
What is 4.54 billion years old.
200
the principle that the younger rock is on the top?
What is superposition.
200
the youngest rocks are on the bottom.
What is false.
200
Not all rock sequences are arranged ____ to _______
What is oldest to youngest.
200
______ occurs when rock layers bend and buckle.
What is folding.
200
Radiactive _______ tend to break into stable _______.
What is isotopes.
300
a sudden change in the earth shape?
What is catastrophism.
300
there are two types of dating.
What is true
300
______ forces can push other rocks into sequence.
What is geologic.
300
_______ occurs when internal forces slant rock layers.
What is tilting.
300
how many kinds of rocks deformations are there.
What is 4
400
the study of fossils?
What is paleontology.
400
one of the types of dating is relative.
What is true
400
geologists created ______ to make their life easier.
What is geologic column.
400
the geologic column is an arrangment of the rock layers in which the _______ rocks are on the bottom.
What is oldest.
400
is the idea that the same geologic process shaping the Earth today.
What is Uniformitarism.
500
The process of shaping the earth over a long period of time?
What is uniformitarianism.
500
absolute is to find the exact time where the fossil was.
What is true.
500
________ is a break in the earth's crust that slides relative to one another.
What is faulting.
500
to determine the _____ age of fossils and rocks, scientists isotopes.
What is absolute.
500
geologic changes that happened suddenly.
What is catastrophism.