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SCI 225 EXAM 2 with complete solutions 2024
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SCI 225 EXAM 2How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks 
 
Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations 
 
Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers 
 
glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat 
 
HMS challenger - correct answer a ship tha...
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BIO112 Spring 2024 Exam 1 Terms
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radiometric dating 
general approach used to determine the age of specimens using the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes 
radiocarbon dating 
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14 
potassium-40 dating 
radiometric dating method often used in the assessment of volcanic intrusions in sedimentary layers. It is based on measurement of the product of the radioactive decay of an isot...
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World Scholar's Cup 2024 - Booster Pack Exam Questions & Revised Corrrect Answers >Updated < Already Passed!!<
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World Scholar's Cup 2024 - Booster Pack 
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Jan Simek - ANSWER : A professor from the University of 
Tennessee who, along with his colleagues, published 
images of giant glyphs carved into the mud surface of a 
cave in Alabama in the journal Antiquity. The glyphs 
depicted human forms and animals, and are some of the 
largest known cave images found in North America. The 
forms may represent spirits of the u...
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World Scholars Cup WSC STUDY GUIDE 2024 with complete solution
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Aulos 
Greek musical instrument 
Borobudur 
Buddhist temple 
Carbon Dating 
a scientific method of determining the age of a living thing 
CNN Opera 
contemporary opera showing current events 
Cloud Forensics 
process of investigating cloud environments 
diorama 
3D model 
Entomologist 
person who studies insects 
Farb 
historical reenactor 
Dendrochronology 
science of technique of dating events 
Entomologist 
person who studies...
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SCI 225 Exam 2 questions well answered
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SCI 225 Exam 2 
How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions 
Ice cores: hundreds of thousands 
 
Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance 
 
HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean 
 
Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...
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Biol 110 Final Study Guide With Complete Solutions
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Biol 110 Final Study Guide With Complete Solutions 
 
Which of the following is the best use of dendrochronology? - To determine climate patterns in the last 5000 years. 
 
Radiometric carbon dating is a type of ________________ dating. During the radioactive decay of C14, it decays into ______________. - absolute / N14 
 
The Meadowcroft Rock Shelter near Avella, Pennsylvania is an early Native American archeological site from which many artifacts have been recovered. An archaeologist uses Carb...
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Biol 110 Final Study Guide With Complete Solutions
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Which of the following is the best use of dendrochronology? - To determine climate patterns in the last 5000 years. 
 
Radiometric carbon dating is a type of ________________ dating. During the radioactive decay of C14, it decays into ______________. - absolute / N14 
 
The Meadowcroft Rock Shelter near Avella, Pennsylvania is an early Native American archeological site from which many artifacts have been recovered. An archaeologist uses Carb...
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Earth Science Lab Final (Answered) Complete Verified Solution
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Earth Science Lab Final (Answered) Complete Verified Solution 
 
Noncomformity 
1) Younger sedimentary rocks on top of older metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks 
 
2) Imply period of uplift of deeply buried rocks 
Three types of uncomformities 
angular uncomformity, disconformity, and noncomformity 
Radiocarbon dating 
Using the carbon-14 isotope to date very recent events 
 
(Half-life of carbon-14 is only 5,730 years) 
(Only useful for dating events from historic past and very recent geolog...
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Earth Science Lab Final (Answered) Complete Verified Solution
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Earth Science Lab Final (Answered) Complete Verified Solution 
 
Noncomformity 
1) Younger sedimentary rocks on top of older metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks 
 
2) Imply period of uplift of deeply buried rocks 
Three types of uncomformities 
angular uncomformity, disconformity, and noncomformity 
Radiocarbon dating 
Using the carbon-14 isotope to date very recent events 
 
(Half-life of carbon-14 is only 5,730 years) 
(Only useful for dating events from historic past and very recent geolog...
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BIO112 Spring 2024 Exam 1 Terms Graded A
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radiometric dating - general approach used to determine the age of specimens using the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes 
 
radiocarbon dating - a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14 
 
potassium-40 dating - radiometric dating method often used in the assessment of volcanic intrusions in sedimentary layers. It is based on measurement of the product of the radioactive decay of an isotope of potassium (K) into ar...
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