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Question 11 pts
How long does an epoch last?
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1 thousand years

hundreds of millions of years

1 billion years

tens of millions of years

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Question 21 pts
What tool do scientists use to assign a specific age to a rock or fossil?
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faunal succession

names of organisms

absolute dating

relative dating

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Question 31 pts
What were scientists able to add to the geologic timescale as technology advanced?
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the exact ages of every organism that ever lived

the approximate dates of events

the names of different types of fossils

the chemical composition of all types of rocks

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Question 41 pts
Which unit of geological time lasts about 1 billion years?
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an era

an epoch

a period

an eon

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Question 51 pts
Which tool allows scientists to place events in chronological order but does not determine dates of the events?
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absolute dating

geologic timescale

radioactive decay

relative dating

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1. tens of millions of years

2. absolute dating

3. the approximate dates of events

4. an eon

5. relative dating