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A lengthy scholarly article that discusses the geologic time scale, its history of development, age-dating events that occurred in different eras, and how absolute and relative dating are used to assess the ages of the Earth and Moon. Looks at the history of the Moon and what has been learned from moon rocks.
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absolute dating, geologic time, geological eras, impact craters, law of superposition, planetary geology, relative time scale, volcanism, ohio pg.eh.1.a, pg.eh.1.d, pg.eh.1.e.i, planetary society, planetary society: relative and absolute ages in histories of earth and the moon/ohio pg.eh.1.a, pg.eh.1.d, pg.eh.1.e.i, relative and absolute ages in the histories of earth and the moon: the geologic time scale, absolute time scale, combining relative and absolute age data, comprehending geologic time, fossil assemblages, history of earth, history of moon, planetary time scales, relative and absolute age
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional