Absolute Dating Comp

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...

• relative time

• Age in years

• half-lives

• time of day

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...

• era
• age
• half-life
• eon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
• only absolute dating finds the age in years
• only relative dating finds the age in years

Geologists use radioactive/radiometric dating to determine THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF ROCKS in years.

• True

• False

_______________is the method of determining the absolute ages of rocks.

• radioactive dating
• carbon-14 dating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The original element that undergoes radioactive decay is known as the...

• daughter element
• half-life
• parent element
• carbon-14

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Scientists use radioactive decay(radioactive/metric) to measure...

• relative Dating

• absolute Dating

• half-lives

• time of day