Author Question: Which of the following is an example of a relative date? A) The Cenozoic era began sixty-five ... (Read 56 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Which of the following is an example of a relative date?

A) The Cenozoic era began sixty-five million years ago.
B) A headstone in a cemetery has the date a person died.
C) The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
D) The Silurian period came before the Devonian period.

Question 2

Which scientist is credited with developing the law of superposition?

A) James Ussher
B) Charles Lyell
C) James Hutton
D) Nicholas Steno