Earth's Processes: Weathering and Erosion Unit Test

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What is true about the age of Earth? (1 point)
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Earth formed around the same time as meteorites in the solar system.
Earth formed around the same time as meteorites in the solar system.

Earth formed around the same time as other planets in the galaxy.
Earth formed around the same time as other planets in the galaxy.

Earth formed soon after the Big Bang.
Earth formed soon after the Big Bang.

The sun formed and then a few billion years afterward, Earth formed.
The sun formed and then a few billion years afterward, Earth formed.

Answer 1

The most accurate statement about the age of Earth from the provided options is:

The sun formed and then a few billion years afterward, Earth formed.

This is because the solar system, including Earth, formed from the solar nebula that surrounded the young Sun, about 4.6 billion years ago, which was after the Sun itself had formed.