Relative Dating/ Absolute Dating Quiz

Relative Dating/ Absolute Dating Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Relative Dating/ Absolute Dating Quiz

Relative Dating/ Absolute Dating Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-PS1-8, MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-6

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Christopher Oakley

Used 250+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is known as the age of a rock or fossil described in comparison to that of another rock or fossil.

Relative Age

Absolute Age

Parent Isotope

Half-LIfe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term is defined as the process of determining the age of an object using the half-life of one or more radioactive isotopes?

Radioactive Decay

Carbon-14

Absolute Dating

Radiometric Dating

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term is defined as the age of a rock given as the number of years since the rock formed?

Relative Age

Geology

Absolute Age

Law of Superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a radioactive isotope of the element Carbon that is used in radiometric dating?

Parent Isoptope

Uniformatarianism

Carbon-14

Half-Life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is defined as an isotope that undergoes decay that produces a daughter. For example, U-92 decays to form thorium-90.

Half-life

Radiometric Dating

Geology

Parent Isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the follow is the study of Earth's history, processes and structure?

Geology

Law of superpostion

Law of Uniformitarianism

Absolute Age

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following terms is defined as the length of time needed for half of the atoms of a sample of radioactive isotope to decay?

Absolute Age

Half-life

Parent Isotope

Relative Age

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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