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Relative and absolute age of fossils and rocks

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Relative age of rocks is when you describe the age as_____________

a)

Numbers

b)

More crystalized

c)

Having more fossils

d)

Younger and older

2.

Which "statements" give the right relative age of these layers of rocks ?

a)

Rock layer E is younger than B

b)

Rock layer E is Older than B

c)

Rock layer C is younger than B

d)

A is the most recent rock " Youngest"

3.

The oldest layer of rocks is at the ____________

a)

Top

b)

Middle

c)

Bottom

d)

under the sea

4.

You want to decide the absolute age of the fossil at the top, which of these statements is right? " Be careful absolute age!)

a)

The fossil at top layer is younger that the one at the bottom

b)

The fossil at the top lived between 60 and 200 millions years ago

c)

The fossil at the top is 500 million years in age

d)

It is not possible to know because there is no way to tell the absolute age of the rocks surrounding it

5.

Between the sedimentary rocks, there are layers that have no fossils, by knowing the absolute age of these rocks you can tell the of the rocks below or above and the age of fossils in them , these rocks are ___________________

a)

Other types of sedimentary rocks

b)

Fossilized rocks

c)

Igneous rocks

d)

Magic rocks

6.

You can find the absolute age of a fossil by two ways, if there is a close _____________layer or an/a___________fossil

a)

Sedimentary

Magical

b)

Igneous

Index

c)

Igneous

Very old

d)

Sand rock

Index

7.

You will be lucky if you find an _________fossil in the layer of rock you are studying, because it can tell you the ______________of this layer of sedimentary rock and any other fossils in it.

a)

Magical

Relative

b)

Magical

Absolute

c)

Index

Absolute

d)

Index

relative

8.

_________________are found in one layer of rock all over the world over a short period of time, and they can help you decide the absolute age of the rock they are found in

a)

Indicator fossils

b)

Absolute fossils

c)

Index fossils

d)

marine fossils

9.

The absolute age of igneous rocks is determined by________________

a)

Ruler dating

b)

Radiometric dating

c)

Radio waves

d)

Radioactive light

10.

Uranium in igneous rocks changes into lead, this tells that Uranium is ____________and undergoes radioactive ______________

a)

Unstable , decay

b)

Stable , decay

c)

Hard, decay

d)

soluble , decay

11.

Half of the Uranium atoms will decay to lead after 704 million years, this time is known as the ___________of Uranium.

a)

Middle life

b)

Decay life

c)

Death life

d)

Half life

12.

"Click on the image to see it more

clearly" In an igneous rock layer that had Uranium (parent isotope) and lead ( daughter product ), you analyzed the ratio of the two atoms, you discovered that two half lives have passed, what would be the age of the igneous rock ? ( Note: half life of Uranium is 704 millions years)

a)

1408 years

b)

1408 million years

c)

704 million years

d)

500 million yearts

13.

When an unstable atom changes to a more stable one we call this ___________

a)

Radioactive breaking

b)

Radioactive damage

c)

Radioactive decay

d)

instability problem