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audie

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A cutoff on a meandering stream eventually results in the formation of
 
  A) a point bar.
  B) an oxbow lake.
  C) a levee.
  D) a terrace.
  E) a braided stream.

Question 2

In terms of dating of specific rocks, structures, or landscapes, absolute age refers to
 
  A) a range of numeric values in which features were likely formed and based on several lines of evidence, such as paleoclimatic and paleobotanical reconstructions.
  B) the age of one feature with respect to another within a sequence of events and deduced from the positions of rock strata above and below one another.
  C) the age of geological features based on radiometric dating techniques.
  D) the approximate age of geological features based on the period or epoch in which they occurred. For instance, noting a feature is from the Cretaceous.
  E) historical records from the earliest modern humans that recorded when the rocks and structures were formed.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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