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The Age of The Earth
Use this to study our Unit on the Age of The Earth and The Geologic Time Scale
Question | Answer |
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What law do we apply that tells us that the layers of rock on the bottom of a sequence of rock layers are the oldest? | The Law of Superposition |
By examining the above rock layers and comparing one rock layer to the next to get the general age of the rock is called what | relative age |
If scientists wanted to get the exact year of the rock or fossils found within the rock layers they would use? | radiometric dating |
Earth is about how old? | 4.6 billion years old |
Dinosaurs went extinct about how many years ago? | 65 million |
The theory that the same forces that are shaping our Earth now were shaping our Earth in the past is known as: | The Law of Uniformitarianism |
The amount of time it takes for ½ a sample of radioactive element to decay into another form | Half life |
Which era were the dinosaurs around in? | Mesozoic |
What were the predominant features of the Paleozoic Era? | Invertebrates |
What event is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs? | Meteroid |
Why do we think a meteroid wiped out the dinosaurs? | Becuase radioactive elements that are normally only found in space are found in rocks layers that are 65 million years old. |