What Are the Basic Differences Between the Disciplines of Physical

question 95

Multiple Choice

What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?

• A)Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study of how rocks and minerals were used in the past.
• B)Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface.
• C)Physical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and deposition in relation to plate movements in the geologic past; historical geology charts how and where the plates were moving in the past.
• D)None; physical geology and historical geology are essentially the same.

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