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Lord Kelvin argued that based on the temperature of rocks, the earth could not be as old some geologists thought. What turned out to be wrong with his reasoning? • he claimed that the temperature of surface rocks should be used in calcuations, but these calculations were shown to be unreliabl...

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1. Lord Kelvin argued that based on the temperature of rocks, the earth could not be as old some geologists

thought. What turned out to be wrong with his reasoning?




• he claimed that the temperature of surface rocks should be used in calcuations, but these

calculations were shown to be unreliable

, • he did not realize that the planet’s interior was constantly changing

• the upper layers of the earth are cooler than Kelvin realized

• all of the above




2. Which of the following allowed scientists to determine whether early hominins were browsers (eating

shrubs primarily) or grazers (eating grasses primarily)?




• shrubs and grasses differ in the type of photosynthesis they perform


• shrubs and grasses have different carbon isotopic signatures

• fossil remains of plants surrounding hominins indicate what they most likely ate

• a and b are correct

• a, b, and c are correct




3. Scientists discover a new fossil that they expect is at least three million years old. To estimate the age of

the fossil they would most likely:




• search for layers of volcanic ash in rock layers above an below the location of the fossil

• use radiocarbon dating to determine the age of the fossil itself

• use radiocarbon dating to determine the age of the sedimentary layer in which the fossil was found

• all of the above

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