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3.01 Assess evidence to interpret the order and impact of events in the geologic past: 3.02 Evaluate the geologic history of North Carolina. ||
 * ~ Competency Goal 3: The learner will build an understanding of the origin and evolution of the earth system. ||
 * **Objectives**
 * Relative and absolute dating techniques.
 * Statistical models of radioactive decay.
 * Fossil evidence of past life.
 * Uniformitarianism.
 * Stratigraphic principles.
 * Divisions of Geologic Time
 * Origin of the earth system.
 * Origin of life.