Question 91Which one of the following is not an example of relative

Question 91

Which one of the following is not an example of relative

dating?

a. Steno's Law of Superposition

b. Faunal Correlation

c. Radioactive decay

d. Fluorine analysis

e. None of the above

Question 92

Who developed radiocarbon dating?

a. Thomas Malthus

b. Charles Darwin

c. James Hutton

d. Charles Lyell

e. Willard Libby

Question 93

Fossils can be formed in which of the following ways?

a. organisms buried under sand during storms

b. organisms buried under ash during volcanic eruptions

c. organisms trapped in amber (polymerized tree sap)

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

Question 94

All of the following are good conditions for soft materials to fossilize EXCEPT:

a. very wet areas; peat bogs

b. very dry areas; desserts

c. environments where water is biologically available to bacteria

d. very cold areas; frozen tundra or arctic

e. none of the above