GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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What evidence supports the hypothesis that Earth is 4.6 billion years?
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the age of rocks from the Moon
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the age of zircon grains in granitic crustal rocks
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the age of meteorites
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all of the above answers are correct
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -At present, perhaps the oldest acknowledged evidence of life on the planet is found in 3.48-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. This material is said to show remnants of stromatolites-mounds of sediment formed of mineral grains glued together by ancient bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest life forms we know of were microscopic organisms (microbes) that left signals of their presence in rocks about 3.7 billion years old. The signals consisted of a type of carbon molecule that is produced by living things.
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