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1) What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?
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A) Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study
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of how rocks and minerals were used in the past.
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B) Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geol
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ogic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosio
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n shapes the land surface.
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C) Physical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and deposition in relation to plate move
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ments in the geologic past; historical geology charts how and where the plates were moving in the past.
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physical geology and historical geology are essentially the same. Answer: B
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2) The study of Earth's atmosphere is known as
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Topic: 1.3 The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Bloom's
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,4) All of the following are possible steps of scientific investigation except for
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Topic: 1.5 EarlyEvolution of Earth B
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6) The refers to the sum total of all life on Earth.
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7) In correct order from the center outward, Earth includes which units?
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, 8) The composition of the Earth's inner core is thought to be
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