Relative Absolute Dating

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

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

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

Which of the following terms BEST matches the definition: the geologic principle that states that in horizontal layers of of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it.

• Radioactive Dating

• Law of Superposition

• Half Life

• Law of Uniformitarianism

What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone

• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone

• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone

• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L

• Intrusion D

• Intrusion H

• Layer E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, B, C, D, A

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D, E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the law of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

• The fault is younger than the rocks above it.

• The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.

• The fault is older than the rocks above it.

• The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

• Intrusion M

• Layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What element is usually used to date fossils?

• uranium-235

• carbon-14

• mercury-203

• thorium-234