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1) What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?
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A) Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the st
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udy of how rocks and minerals were used in the past.
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B) Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the g
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eologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of ho
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w erosion shapes the land surface.
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C) Physical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and deposition in relation to plate mo
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vements in the geologic past; historical geology charts how and where the plates were moving in the
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