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Relative and Absolute Dating

Authored by Michael Schrey

Science

8th - 12th Grade

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Relative and Absolute Dating
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This method of dating is not very precise...

Relative

Absolute

Both

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Relative Dating can give us the exact age of a sample. (True or False)

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Index Fossils in rock strata can be used for Relative Dating (True or False)

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of dating utilizes the principle of cross-cutting?

Absolute

Relative

Both

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are laws we use in relative dating?

Principle of Cross-Cutting

Law of Original Horizontality

Law of Superposition

Contact Metamorphism

Steno's Law

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many half-lives have passed if our fossil sample contains only 6.25% of the original parent atoms?

1

2

3

4

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many half-lives have passed if we have 87.5% daughter product?

1

2

3

4

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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