Discuss the historical development of geologic time. What is the probable age of the Earth based
on present geological data? How has this probable age changed with time and the development
of new dating techniques? What will be an ideal response?
The student should discuss the early estimate by James Ussher that the earth was created on
Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C. Presently, the age of the Earth is thought to be 4.6 billion years
based on radiometric dating of meteorites and other evidence. There have been a variety of
techniques used to calculate the age of the Earth over the past several centuries.
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Keeping energy prices artificially low has resulted in harmful environmental affects and wasteful energy use.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The process whereby gases released from Earth’s interior by volcanism formed an atmosphere:a
orogeny d. artificial selection b. outgassing e. speciation c. phylogeny
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season set records for
A) number of named storms B) number of hurricanes C) number of major hurricanes D) worst natural disaster in U.S. history E) all of the above
What is meant by the demographic transition? Relate the epidemiologic transition and fertility transition (two elements of demographic transition) to its four phases
What will be an ideal response?