Which of the following shows the four time divisions listed from oldest to youngest?

Which of the following accurately ranks the subdivisions of geologic time in order from largest to smallest?

A radioactive isotope of the element potassium decays to produce argon. If the ratio of argon to potassium is found to be 7:1, how many half-lives have occurred?

Uniformitarianism:

You should be able to number the events in the accompanying figure in the proper order of occurrence. If the first (oldest) event is number 1, and the last (most recent) is number 8, which occurred fifth in the sequence?Click to view larger image.

Identify the FALSE statement. Radiometric dating:

Which of the following statements is FALSE? The principle of:

Orogeny is a mountain building event.

Which of the following conditions will tend to make rocks change by ductile deformation rather than by brittle deformation?

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