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The increase in temperature with depth in the Earth is called the geothermal

gradient

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary structure Ripple marks Magma emplacement Mud cracks or Cross beds

Magma emplacements or Batholith are not sedimentary structures.

Overall how does the climate of the Cenozoic era compare to the climate near the end of the Mesozoic era

It is cooler

Why is global warming more of a problem now than it was before the Industrial Revolution

Before the Industrial Revolution the carbon cycle kept the earth's carbon in balance. Then we started burning coal and other fossil fuels, which released carbon that had been hidden away for 300 million years. This carbon dioxide is gradually building up in the atmosphere, now more than 400 ppm, and is causing global warming.

Put time divisions in order from longest to shortest

Eon, Era, and Epoch: APEX :D

Which of the following dod not occur during the Cenozoic era

Several periods of mass extinction

What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex

It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.

What is the terms listed below are sediment transporting agents except

Stratification

How has Earth changed during our current era

Dense forest developed

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

Which of the following is not a metamorphic agent

Force of Hurricane winds

Glacial meltwater

Sediment composition in a clastic rock is determined by all of the following EXCEPT
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