WorksheetsRelative and absolute age of fossils and rocks
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Relative age of rocks is when you describe the age as_____________
Numbers
More crystalized
Having more fossils
Younger and older
Which "statements" give the right relative age of these layers of rocks ?
Rock layer E is younger than B
Rock layer E is Older than B
Rock layer C is younger than B
A is the most recent rock " Youngest"
The oldest layer of rocks is at the ____________
Top
Middle
Bottom
under the sea
You want to decide the absolute age of the fossil at the top, which of these statements is right? " Be careful absolute age!)
The fossil at top layer is younger that the one at the bottom
The fossil at the top lived between 60 and 200 millions years ago
The fossil at the top is 500 million years in age
It is not possible to know because there is no way to tell the absolute age of the rocks surrounding it
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 ___________________
Other types of sedimentary rocks
Fossilized rocks
Igneous rocks
Magic rocks
You can find the absolute age of a fossil by two ways, if there is a close _____________layer or an/a___________fossil
Sedimentary
Magical
Igneous
Index
Igneous
Very old
Sand rock
Index
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.
Magical
Relative
Magical
Absolute
Index
Absolute
Index
relative
_________________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
Indicator fossils
Absolute fossils
Index fossils
marine fossils
The absolute age of igneous rocks is determined by________________
Ruler dating
Radiometric dating
Radio waves
Radioactive light
Uranium in igneous rocks changes into lead, this tells that Uranium is ____________and undergoes radioactive ______________
Unstable , decay
Stable , decay
Hard, decay
soluble , decay
Half of the Uranium atoms will decay to lead after 704 million years, this time is known as the ___________of Uranium.
Middle life
Decay life
Death life
Half life
"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)
1408 years
1408 million years
704 million years
500 million yearts
When an unstable atom changes to a more stable one we call this ___________
Radioactive breaking
Radioactive damage
Radioactive decay
instability problem
