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Briefly explain the three lines of evidence for the Earth's relative age.

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The study of rocks, especially sedimentary rocks that formed underwater but are no longer underwater, is the primary source of information about the earth's age. The second line of geological evidence that the earth might be very old came from fossils. And finally, examining radioactive elements and estimating the age of rocks using certain rates of radioactive element decay is a third line of geological evidence for the age of the Earth.

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1.- Oldest rock in the Earth

2.- Rocks of the moon

3.- Rocks of the meteorites

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1.- In our Earth, there has been different studies that show the age of different layers in our planet by radiation, in this way, we can imagine how has been changing the surface trough this millions of years.

2.- By sonic sounds, the rocks of the moon can be analyze to calculate it relative age, and how this is corresponding to the age of our planet.

3.- Finally, another evidence of our Earth age, is by comparing the mass of different space bodies with our planet.

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