How do geologists reconstruct an ancient environment from study of sedimentary rocks?

What will be an ideal response?


Fossils. Animals and plants are adapted to different environments. Sedimentary structures: These features form as sediments around the time of deposition and by comparison to modern environments, allow reconstruction.

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Without any addition or removal of water vapour, what happens to the actual vapour pressure when the air temperature increases?

A. It stays the same. B. It decreases. C. It becomes greater than the saturation vapour pressure. D. It increases.

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Planetesimals are ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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This model depicts the [INSERT FIGURE 8-4a. NO CAPTION]

A) Hadley cell B) two-cell model of the atmospheric general circulation C) three-cell model of the atmospheric general circulation D) Ferrel cell

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Describe how the half-live of radioactive elements can be used to determine the age of rock through radiometric dating

What will be an ideal response?

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