Relative/ absolute dating

Relative/ absolute dating

9th - 12th Grade

12 Qs

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Relative/ absolute dating

Relative/ absolute dating

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
HSF.LE.A.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...

relative time
absolute time
half-lives
time of day

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

era
age
half-life
eon

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives?

25 years
200 years
400 years
800 years

Tags

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?

relative dating
absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How old is the Earth?

4.6 billion years
1.4 billion years
4.6 million years
6000 years

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

the younger the rocks get
the smellier the rocks get
the harder the rocks get
the older the rocks get

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