Geologic Dating Methods

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9th Grade
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Christopher Nichols
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1.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Click the letter that is the youngest layer or event?
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Click the letter that is the oldest layer or event?
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Click the crosscutting feature that is oldest?
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Click on the circle for the angular unconformity.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Click on the circle for the disconformity.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match each relative age dating law with its definition
Geological features that cut through other rocks are younger than the rocks they cut through
Cross Cutting
Gap in the geological record where rocks are missing
Superposition
Sedimentary layers are originally deposited horizontally
Original Horizontality
Younger rocks on top of older rocks
Unconformities
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following Absolute Age dating terms with their definitions.
Time taken for half of the radioactive atoms to decay
Daugther Atoms
Time for one radioactive atom to decay
Decay Rate
Atoms formed as a result of radioactive decay
Half Life
Unstable atoms that undergo radioactive decay
Parent Atoms
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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