In a sequence of undeformed sedimentary rock layers, where would the youngest rock layer be found? O A on the bottom O B. on the top C. in the middle O D. anywhere with equal probability
In a sequence of undeformed sedimentary rock layers, where would the youngest rock layer be found? O A on the bottom O B. on the top C. in the middle O D. anywhere with equal probability
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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D. stable interior of a tectonic plate
OE meteorite impact site
20.
In a sequence of undeformed sedimentary rock layers, where would the youngest rock layer be found?
A on the bottom
O Bon the top
C. in the middle
D. anywhere with equal probability
21 The half-life of carbon-14 is about 6,000 years. Assume that a sample of charcoal was formed by burning of i
12,000 years ago. How much of the original carbon-14 would remain in the wood today?
D A all of it
B. one half
C. one fourth
D. one eighth
O E one sixteenth
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Transcribed Image Text:G plate boundary
D. stable interior of a tectonic plate
OE meteorite impact site
20.
In a sequence of undeformed sedimentary rock layers, where would the youngest rock layer be found?
A on the bottom
O Bon the top
C. in the middle
D. anywhere with equal probability
21 The half-life of carbon-14 is about 6,000 years. Assume that a sample of charcoal was formed by burning of i
12,000 years ago. How much of the original carbon-14 would remain in the wood today?
D A all of it
B. one half
C. one fourth
D. one eighth
O E one sixteenth
ak end hiah.an
en 0edinmenten
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