When Nicolaus Steno Discovered That the Relative Ages of Rocks

question 123

Multiple Choice

When Nicolaus Steno discovered that the relative ages of rocks can be determined by examining the position of fossils in separate layers of soil, he coined a process called

• A) stratigraphy.
• B) paleomagnetic dating.
• C) radiometric dating.
• D) fossilography.
• E) dendrochronology.

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Absorption Costing

A method of accounting that includes all manufacturing costs, both variable and fixed, in the valuation of inventory and cost of goods sold.

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An accounting method that assigns only variable production costs to inventory and products; fixed costs are expensed as incurred.

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