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What would be the two methods of dating fossils and explain each?
relative and absolute. relative is determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age. Absolute is the process of determining an approximate computed age in archaeology and geology.
What fossils are useful in determining the relative age of rocks?
Index fossils
How can the principles of stratigraphy be used to do relative age dating?
Geologists generally know the age of a rock by determining the age of the group of rocks, or formation, that it is found in. The age of formations is marked on a geologic calendar known as the geologic time scale. Development of the geologic time scale and dating of formations and rocks relies upon two fundamentally different ways of telling time: relative and absolute.
When you know the relative age of a fossil what else do you know about it?
the relative age of the rock where it was found.
What is not a factor in determining critical mass is?
The age of the material.
What would be the two methods of dating fossils and explain each?
relative and absolute. relative is determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age. Absolute is the process of determining an approximate computed age in archaeology and geology.
What does relative age indicates?
relative age means the process of determining the age of rock layers based on their relationship to each other.
A fault can be useful in determining which group of rocks?
relative age
What fossils are useful in determining the relative age of rocks?
Index fossils
The half-life of an element is important in determining the of a rock?
relative age
Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called?
relative dating.Relative dating is used to determine the relative age of rocks.
What are two of determining a fossils age?
The two methods are "RELATIVE DATING" and "ABSOLUTE DATING". :)
What is the process of figuring out how old an object is?
The general term is Dating. In archaeology and geology, the process of determining the approximate numerical age of something is called Absolute Dating. The process of determining the age of something relative to another thing (if it's older or younger) is called Relative Dating.
The half- life of an element is important for determining the of a rock a decomposition rate b relative age c absolute age d mineral makeup?
Absolute Age
How does relative dating and absolute dating help scientists assemble a fossil record for an area?
Relative dating is the science determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age Absolute dating is the process of determining an approximate computed age in archaeology and geology.
Explain the concept of relative age?
Relative age refers to determining the age of a rock layer or fossil relative to another by examining their position in the rock record. This method does not provide an exact numerical age, but it helps in establishing the sequence of events and determining which layer is older or younger. Relative age dating relies on principles like superposition, cross-cutting relationships, and the law of faunal succession.
The age of a rock compared with the age of other rocks?
What you are referring to is the relative age.
