According to science, the Earth is _______ years old.
According to science, the Earth is _______ years old.
(A) 10 billion
(B) 4.5 million
(C) 4.5 billion
(D) 450 million
Science estimates the age of the Earth to be approximately 4.54 billion years, with a small margin of error of 1%. This estimate has been arrived at through radiometric dating of the oldest rocks, samples of the Moon, and meteorites, all of which indicate that the Earth and the solar system coexisted approximately that long ago.