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Science 225 exam 2How do we know climate of the last? - correct answer Ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agassiz - correct answer 1830s-European Alps glaciation hypothesis Glacial erratic - correct answer Boulders of rocks out of place Glacial striations - correct answer Grooves in rocks moving in same direction HMS challenger - correct answer : fossils different in cold and warm areas Milankovitch - correct answer s: change in orbital parameters forces climate change hypothes...

First Anthro Exam Latest Update with Complete Solutions Excavation of an archaeological site involves the destruction of the place is a technique to uncover buried remains from the past answers questions about prehistoric human activity Processual archaeology emphasizes evolutionary generalization defines culture as a system of adaptation emphasizes explicitly scientific and objective explanations Cyrus Thomas used the following to debunk the Myth of the Moundbuilders: Survey and...

List the current scientific consensus of the age of the a) Universe, b) Earth, and c) Moon, and explain how scientists have calculated these ages - a) Age of the Universe: 13.77 +/- 0.04 billion years old (Measured by calculating how fast our universe is and has been expanding since the Big Bang) b) Age of the Earth: 4.54 +/- 0.05 billion years old (Measured by radiometric dating of meteorites that formed at the same time as Earth.) c) Age of the Moon: 4.425 +/- 0.025 billion years old (M...

Intro to Anthropology- Exam 2 WVU Latest Version Graded A+ Archaeology the study of human behavior and cultural change in the past through the reconstruction, description, and interpretation of material remains what do archaeologists do? reconstruct behavior through the study of material remains or archaeological record what are examples of material culture? -artifacts -ecofacts -features artifact anything made, used, or altered in some way by humans ecofacts any type of ...

AQA AS Physical Chemistry 2024 exam questions with 100% correct answers Who described atoms as solid spheres that make up different elements and when? - ANSWERS John Dalton in the 19th century Who suggested that atoms of a particular element had the same mass and atoms of different elements had different masses and when? - ANSWERS John Dalton in 1803 Who discovered the electron and when? - ANSWERS JJ Thomson, 1897 discovered electrons proving atoms weren't indivisible or solid. New m...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...

Animal Diversity, 8e (Hickman) Chapter 1 Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity 1) A characteristic of science is that A) it is not explained by natural laws. B) its hypotheses are testable. C) its conclusions are final. D) it is not falsifiable. E) it seeks to define the vitalistic forces of life. Answer: B Section: 01.01 Topic: Principles of Science Learning Objective: 01.01 Explain that science consists in testing, possibly rejecting, and improving our simplest and be...

How does the fossil record reveal information about evolutionary changes? - Species change over time, and all organisms descended from a single common ancestor. What features make Tiktaalik a transitional fossil, and role do these types of fossils have in the fossil record? - Tiktaalik splits the difference of what you think of as a fish and a limbed animal. These fossils show how organisms evolved from water to land. What can anatomy and DNA reveal about evolution? - DNA shows the amount o...

How do nuclear gauges work? Why does so much care need to be taken when using them? - AnswerNuclear gauges use the interaction of radiation with matter to measure the density and moisture of material. Radiation sources within each gauge transmit radiation through the test material. Detectors contained in the gauge measure the radiation that is scattered by the test material or that passes through it. By calculating the percentage of radiation that reaches the detectors, the gauge can determi...

Anthropology - ️️Which of the following can be defined as: "The study of the whole of the human condition; past present and future; biology, science, language and culture." Surveying - ️️Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? False - ️️Humans evolved from chimpanzees. True - ️️Fossils are found where sediments that once accumulated are now eroding. Biostratigraphy - ️️Which of ...