All of the following statements concerning dry lands are true EXCEPT ________.

________ is an erosional contact between tilted, older strata below and horizontal, younger strata above.

What type of fossilization is best at preserving delicate animal forms?

Which of the following denotes the divisions of the geologic time scale in correct order of decreasing lengths of time beginning with the longest time interval and ending with the shortest?

The 2013 IPCC report states that if there is a doubling of preindustrial level of carbon dioxide there will be a “likely temperature increase” in the range of ________.

Hurricanes are said to have a steep pressure gradient, and as you move toward the center of the storm, ________.

Proxy data for detecting climate change comes from ________.

Solar radiation is reflected back to space from ________.

We now live in the ________ era.

All geologic time prior to the beginning of the Paleozoic era is termed the ________.