Quiz about Relative and Absolute Dating

Question 1

This method of dating is not very precise...

Accepted Answer

Relative

Answer

Absolute

Answer

Both

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Relative

Answer

Absolute

Answer

Both

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Principle of Cross-Cutting

Accepted Answer

Law of Original Horizontality

Accepted Answer

Law of Superposition

Accepted Answer

Contact Metamorphism

Answer

Steno's Law

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Question 8

Which method of dating is less expensive?

Accepted Answer

Relative

Answer

Absolute

Question 9

Absolute Dating is _______________

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

Answer

Qualitative

Answer

Both

Question 10

Relative Dating is _________________.

Accepted Answer

Qualitative

Answer

Quantitative

Answer

Both

Question 11

Which principle states that sediment is deposited in flat layers?

Accepted Answer

The law of original horizontality

Answer

The law of superposition

Answer

The principle of cross-cutting

Answer

Contact Metamorphism

Question 12

Which layer could be considered to be the newest?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 13

Which layer could be considered the oldest?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

E

Question 14

Which layer is considered to be the youngest?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 15

Which layer is younger, #2 or #3

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Question 16

Burn Marks left behind from igneous intrusions are referred to as _____________.

Accepted Answer

Contact Metamorphism

Answer

Igneous Burns

Answer

Sedimentary Scorching

Answer

Intrusion marks

Question 17

Which layer is older, Layer B or Layer I?

Accepted Answer

Layer I

Answer

Layer B

Question 18

Which rock layer could be considered to be the youngest?

Accepted Answer

I

Answer

H

Answer

D

Answer

G

Answer

E

Question 19

Which principle states that any rock which cuts through additional layer is younger than the surrounding rock?

Accepted Answer

Cross-cutting

Answer

Superposition

Answer

Stratigraphy

Answer

Biostratigraphy

Question 20

Which rock layer is the youngest?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 21

How old is a fossil in which the carbon inside of it has undergone 7 half-lives? (Carbon's Half-Life is 5730 years)

Accepted Answer

40,110

Answer

17,190

Answer

22,260

Answer

35,790

Question 22

How old is a fossil in which the Potassium-40 has undergone 3 half-lives? (Potassium-40's Half Life is 1.28 Billion Years)

Accepted Answer

3.84 Billion Years

Answer

1.28 Billion Years

Answer

2.56 Billion Years

Answer

4.6 Billion Years

Question 23

Which layer could be considered to be the oldest?

Accepted Answer

G

Answer

H

Answer

D

Answer

C

Answer

A

Question 24

Which layer is the youngest?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

F

Question 25

Which layer is younger, C or D?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 26

Which layer could be considered the oldest?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

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