If the Contact Between the Upper Light-Colored Sedimentary Layers and the Lower

question 37

Multiple Choice

If the contact between the upper light-colored sedimentary layers and the lower dark-colored metamorphic rocks is a depositional contact,what type of feature is present?

• A)a surface representing missing geologic time
• B)an angular unconformity
• C)an ancient erosion surface
• D)all of these

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Definitions:

Selection Differential

The difference in a particular trait between the selected individuals for breeding and the general population, driving evolutionary changes.

Narrow Sense Heritability

The proportion of phenotypic variance that can be attributed to additive genetic variance, important in the prediction of response to selection.

Body Height

A measurement of an individual from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head when standing upright.

Phenotypic Plasticity

The capacity of an organism to alter its physical appearance or characteristics when the environment changes.