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Select all answers that apply. Which of the following statements depend on the relative dating of events? Amphibians evolved before land reptiles. Bony fish first evolved about 420 million years ago. The Jurassic period began 200 million years ago. Elephants appear in the fossil record after dinosaurs became extinct

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i think the answer is 1. amphibians evolved before land reptiles. and 4. elephants appear in the fossil record after dinosaurs became extinct

Answer:

Options (1) and (4)

Explanation:

Relative dating is defined as the dating method by which the geologically occurred past events are arranged in a sequential order. This method enables a geologist to determine the age of the rocks by comparing past events.

This method does not express the age of rocks in terms of numbers.

From the given options, the two statements that depend on relative dating of events includes-

  • the amphibians appeared first, about 370 million years back. After that, the reptiles occurred about 320 million years back. So the amphibians existing on earth from much earlier time and undergone evolution earlier than the land reptiles.
  • The elephants first appeared about 60-55 million years back, in the Cenozoic era and the dinosaurs existed in the Mesozoic era up to about 65-70 million years back. So, it is clear that elephants appeared after dinosaurs.

Thus, the correct answers are options (1) and (4)  that are directly depended on the relative dating of events.

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