Absolute vs Relative Dating

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Remember those 5 principles of relative dating from yesterday?  Give an example in the chat with which principle.

Example:  7 layer jello (cake?, dessert?)- Principle of superposition

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What is it called when a parent isotope breaks down into a daughter isotope?

• destructive breakdown

• rotting

• radioactive decay
• radioactive isotoping

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Brain Break

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Which radiometric dating type would best be used on determine the age of an ancient meteorite?

• uranium-lead dating
• carbon-14 dating
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• potassium-argon dating

Multiple Choice

In 1907, Bertram Bolton's observation that the element uranium decays into lead in certain rocks and minerals led to the breakthrough of radiometric dating that allowed geologists to calculate the age of Earth for the first time.

• True

• False