11.3 Absolute Age (7th grade)

11.3 Absolute Age (7th grade)

7th Grade

13 Qs

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11.3 Absolute Age (7th grade)

11.3 Absolute Age (7th grade)

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-PS1-8, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS1-4

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The age of a rock in years

Absolute Age

carbon-14 dating

half-life

isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The best-known method of radiometric dating

Absolute Age

carbon-14 dating

half-life

isotope

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the time it takes for half of a given amount of an isotope to decay.

Absolute Age

carbon-14 dating

half-life

isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Atoms of an element with different numbers of neutrons

Absolute Age

carbon-14 dating

half-life

isotope

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the breakdown of unstable elements into stable elements.

Radioactive Decay

Radiometric Dating

half-life

isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The rate of decay of unstable isotopes can be used to estimate the absolute ages of fossils and rocks.

Radioactive Decay

Radiometric Dating

half-life

isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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