SCI 225 Exam 2 Study Guide With answers 2024/2025
SCI 225 Exam 2 Study GuideAbsolute dating (radioisotopes) - correct answer putting a date on the age of fossils. Explain how the Milankovitch cycles influence climate - correct answer Eccentricity (shape of Earth's orbit) Circle orbit=ice age oval orbit= interglacial Obliquity (the magnitude of the tilt) low tilt= ice age high tilt=interglacial Precession (direction of tilt/wobble) When all three parameters are at their extremes we get ice ages. Describe geologic features in Michigan that indicate past glaciations - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks moraine - correct answer A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier. outwash - correct answer sand and gravel deposited in front of a glacier
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