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    4. What information does absolute dating provide about the layers of the earth?
    What information does absolute dating provide about the layers of the earth?

    A.
    the amount of time left until the layers fall apart


    B.
    the exact age of the layers


    C.
    the exact number of fossils in the layers


    D.
    the type of minerals buried there

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      The law of superposition states that layers of undeformed (moved or changed) sedimentary rock are deposited so that each layer is younger than the layers below it and older than the layers above it. This law gives us the RELATIVE age of fossils, but not the absolute age.

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