Relative Dating/ Absolute Dating Quiz

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which term is defined as the process of determining the age of an object using the half-life of one or more radioactive isotopes?

• Radioactive Decay

• Carbon-14

• Absolute Dating

• Radiometric Dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which of the following is defined as an isotope that undergoes decay that produces a daughter. For example, U-92 decays to form thorium-90.

• Half-life

• Radiometric Dating

• Geology

• Parent Isotope

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which of the follow is the study of Earth's history, processes and structure?

• Geology

• Law of superpostion

• Law of Uniformitarianism

• Absolute Age

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Which of the following terms is defined as the length of time needed for half of the atoms of a sample of radioactive isotope to decay?

• Absolute Age

• Half-life

• Parent Isotope

• Relative Age

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which of the following is defined as the breakdown of a radioactive element releasing particles and energy

• Radiometric Dating

• Half LIfe

• Law of Superpostion

• Radioactive Decay

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is defined as the geologic principle that states the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to

• Law of Superpostion

• Relative Dating

• Geology

• Law of Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1