Absolute Age Dating

Absolute Age Dating

7th Grade

29 Qs

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Absolute Age Dating

Absolute Age Dating

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

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

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

29 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...
relative time
absolute time
half-lives
time of day

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Radiometric dating (absolute dating) is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes _____.

change over time

change from place to place

are constant

vary widely

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Radiometric dating is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes _____.
change over time
change from place to place
are constant
vary widely

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

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

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Geologists use radioactive dating to determine THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF ROCKS.
True
False

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