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Yeah Oh okay Next up Tts spire Science That's what

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we're doing here Figure one thing right here shows the

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strata Graphic relationships of some of the great Plains formations

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Strata graphic columns show older rocks the bottom and younger

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rock units and toward top right there All right so

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here it is That's the data representing you on all

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the crap is that we're studying and they can kind

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of skim all this stuff you need Teo Which of

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the following conclusions is best supported by the data All

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right well let's see here The unnamed ash is older

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than the sharp formation of judgment Olden Hearts It's all

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about age here so well if you're feeling pressured to

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answer this question just imagine how those rocks feel all

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layered on top of each other like that right lot

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of pressure Well the description above figure one mentions that

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strata graphic columns display older rock units at the bottom

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and younger ones toward the top we'll sink The unnamed

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Ash unit is below the Sharps formation Well it's the

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older of the two So the answer here is a

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The unnamed ash is older than the sharp information right

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Well the other way to answer this question just to

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look at the dates listed on the right hand side

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of the figure Right over here The unnamed Ash unit

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closely lines up horizontally with that thirty point five eight

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million years ago While Sharp formation has a date list

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that have twenty eight point six million years ago it

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is therefore younger than the unnamed Ash unit Two years

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ago the bigger the number of the older it is

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You're still really old Sharp formations though Don't worry You

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were just not unnamed Ash Hole You know I can't 00:01:44.65 --> [endTime] be there yet

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