Absolute Dating L3

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What is the method used to find the absolute ages of materials such as igneous rocks?

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Radiometric dating

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What is a radioactive isotope called?

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Parent isotope

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Does someone telling you they are older than you indicate their absolute age?

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False

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What is the term for determining the actual age of an event or object in years?

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Absolute dating

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What are small, rocky bodies that have traveled through space and fallen to Earth's surface called?

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Meteorites

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What is the process of using the decay of radioactive isotopes to determine the age of rocks and fossils?

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Radiometric dating

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What is the term for the isotope that undergoes radioactive decay?

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Parent isotope

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What do we call the isotopes that are produced as a result of radioactive decay?

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Daughter isotopes

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What is the difference between relative dating and absolute dating?

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Relative dating determines the order of events, while absolute dating provides a specific age.

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What is an example of a method used in absolute dating?

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Carbon dating