What is the age of Earth as calculated?
Question and options
What is the age of Earth as calculated?
- 4.543 billion years
- 5.543 billion years
- 6.235 billion years
- 1.235 billion years
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - 4.543 billion years
Radiometric dating of meteorites and the oldest rocks gives the age of the Earth as about 4.54 billion years. The other figures are either far too young, like 1.235 billion years, or older than the solar system itself.
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