Final Review

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A group of fossils that are used to compare the relative ages of other fossils is called the fossil index

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Fossil record

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The type of dating that determines when something formed or happened in relation to other things.

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Relative age dating

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A method of dating based on the amount of carbon 14 (C−14) is called.

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Radio carbon dating

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What Eon are we currently living in?

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Phanerozoic

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What would an Earthquake focus at point A produce?

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Tsunami

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A downward fold in rock

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syncline

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Which type of plate boundary creates most of the earthquakes we experience on Earth? Options: Transform, Divergent, Covergent, Strike slip

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Transform

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When rock is exposed to air, water, or ice, it breaks down chemically and mechanically. This process, which breaks rocks into smaller pieces, is called______________

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Weathering

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Gases escape from as it flows onto the Earth’s surface.

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Lava

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Minerals that break randomly exhibit .

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Fracture