Age of rocks and geologic time scale

Name the law used to determine the relative age of the sedimentary rock layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The preserved remains or traces of living things in sedimentary rock.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

  The type of fossil that was widely distributed and existed for a geologically short period of time and helps to determine the relative age of the rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The process of formation of rock formed when lava cools down quickly at the surface

The gap in the history of the rock produced due to erosion

The the method used to determine absolute age by comparing the amounts of radioactive elements in a young rock sample.

The process by which atoms of an element breakdown to form atoms of another element.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The three divisions of  long units of time after Precambrian time to the present time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The unit of geologic time that extends up to 4.6 billion years to 541 million years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The model of relative order of events over a long period of time that makes it easier to learn about the history of Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4