The Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states that rocks are older than the fault that displaced them.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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The half life of Uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years. Approximately how much of the radioactive Uranium-238 parent isotope is left in a rock that is 4 billion years old?

  1. 25%
  2. 45%
  3. 55%
  4. 75%

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Which of the following terms is used to describe the volume of water flowing past a specific point in a stream over a given time period? 

A. overland flow B. square volume C. discharge D. specific capacity E. flux

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Explain how increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and warmer coastal waters resulting from global climate change may affect coral reefs

What will be an ideal response?

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Plants, such as roots growing in cracks, and animals compacting the soil, have little influence on mechanical weathering.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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