Multiple Choice
How did the science community piece together the relative time scale of rocks in the nineteenth century?
A) through the discovery of plate tectonics
B) from the study of ancient ocean environments
C) from the study of fossil-bearing rocks
D) through the discovery of active volcanoes
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