Relative and Absolute Age Unit Test Review

What is relative age dating?

• A type of dating where scientists compare the age of rocks.

• A type of dating where scientists determine the actual age of a rock.

• A Law that states older objects are located beneath younger objects.

• A Law that states objects which cut across a rock layer are younger than rock layers.

What is absolute age dating?

• A type of dating where scientists compare the age of rocks.

• A type of dating where scientists determine the actual age of a rock.

• A Law that states older objects are located beneath younger objects.

• A Law that states objects which cut across a rock layer are younger than rock layers.

What is the Law of Superposition?

• A type of dating where scientists compare the age of rocks.

• A type of dating where scientists determine the actual age of a rock.

• A Law that states older objects are located beneath younger objects.

• A Law that states objects which cut across a rock layer are younger than rock layers.

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What is the Law of Crosscutting Relationships?

• A type of dating where scientists compare the age of rocks.

• A type of dating where scientists determine the actual age of a rock.

• A Law that states older objects are located beneath younger objects.

• A Law that states objects which cut across a rock layer are younger than rock layers.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which option correctly describes a half-life?

• A variation of an atom of a specific element with a different number for neutrons.

• The amount of time required for half of a radioactive isotope to decay.

• The principle that Earth has been mainly shaped by catastrophes.

• The principle that Earth's processes have always operated at the same rate.

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Which option correctly describes an isotope?

• A variation of an atom of a specific element with a different number for neutrons.

• The amount of time required for half of a radioactive isotope to decay.

• The principle that Earth has been mainly shaped by catastrophes.

• The principle that Earth's processes have always operated at the same rate.

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Which option correctly describes catastrophism?

• A variation of an atom of a specific element with a different number for neutrons.

• The amount of time required for half of a radioactive isotope to decay.

• The principle that Earth has been mainly shaped by catastrophes.

• The principle that Earth's processes have always operated at the same rate.

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Which option correctly describes uniformitarianism?

• A variation of an atom of a specific element with a different number for neutrons.

• The amount of time required for half of a radioactive isotope to decay.

• The principle that Earth has been mainly shaped by catastrophes.

• The principle that Earth's processes have always operated at the same rate.

Before the work of James Hutton, scientists interpreted the rock record by using what principle?

• Catastrophism

• Uniformitarianism

• Carbon-14 dating

• None of the above.

James Hutton is known for helping to develop what?

• The principle of Catastrophism

• The principle of Uniformitarianism

• Carbon-14 dating

• Atomic isotopes

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