Absolute and Relative Dating
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the law of superposition?
The age of sedimentary rock not found in the original layers.
Metamorphic rock is younger than the nearby igneous rock.
Sedimentary rock in it's original position is older than layers above it.
Metamorphic rock is older because it was deposited to nearby sedimentary rock.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?
Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
F
B
E
A
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Length of time for half the atoms of an isotope to decay
Isotope
Half-Life
Radiometric Dating
Absolute Dating
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Scientists use radiometric dating (radioactive decay) to measure...
relative time (dating)
absolute time (dating)
half-lives
time of day
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Radiometric dating is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes _____.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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