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This is the longest era with the least information available

precambian

Is natural gas the most popular fossil fuel

No, crude oil used to make Petroleum is the most common type of fossil fuel.

What abrasive action forms loess

Loess is windblown dust created by the abrasive action of moving glaciers.

This dinosaur stayed in swampy areas and was so large that its bones filled with air spaces to decrease its body weight

Brachiosaurus

These form when weathered material is dropped offshore as sediment

sandbars

This forms when rock erodes

Soil

A young river will usually be found to have steep banks and swift rapids that cause a lot of erosion true or false

True

Pangaea separated during this era and reptiles roamed every continent

Mesozoic

Extreme temperatures freezing water and vegetation can all cause what

weathering

Subjection to extreme temperatures is an example of this type of weathering

mechanical en.

The Pachycephalosaurus is known as the thick-headed dinosaur

TRUE

This type of fossil is formed when an organism is buried in sediment which hardens into rock After the soft parts of the animal rot away a cavity remains

mold

This is the first era in geologic time

precambian

Contact of a rock with mosses and lichens is an example of this type of weathering

chemical (:

chemical (:

Is tungsten a sulfate mineral

Tungsten is an element not a sulfate mineral.

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