If you wanted to find your exact location, which new technology in geography could use a system of satellite signals and receivers to you?
a. global positioning system (gps)
b. aerial photography
c. remote sensing
d. geographic information systems (gis)

Which of the following is true about fossils? a. the relative age of fossils cannot be determined from their position in sedimentary layers. b. fossils found in lower layers of sedimentary rock are as old as fossils found in upper layers of sedimentary rock. c. fossils found in upper layers of sedimentary rock are older than fossils found in lower layers of sedimentary rock. d. fossils found in lower layers of sedimentary rock are older than fossils found in upper layers of sedimentary rock.

Which environment would most likely not contain fossils? a a thick deposit of cracked, dried mud b sediment deposited in a sandy river bed c intrusive rock formed from cooled magma d layers of sand accumulated for a century

Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks