0
refers to how old a certain rock or rock layer is compared to another rock
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Rena Swain
uses the law of superposition to determine which rock is older or younger
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
The age of a rock compared with the age of other rocks?
What you are referring to is the relative age.
What is relative and absolute age?
Absolute- Actual Age of a rock Relative- The age of something compared to other things Relative age does not tell how old something is but tells us in what order events have happened relative- the age of a rock or fossil compared to the surrounding rocks and fossil
If the relative age of a fossil is known what else is known?
The age of rock surrounding the fossil.
What does relative dating provide for the age of a rock layer or fossil?
estimate
The relative age of a rock is?
The relative age of something is derived from comparing other similar things. This is usually slightly older than the absolute or actual age.
What is the difference between the relative age and absolute age of rocks?
Relative age is the age of a rock relative to the rock layers around it, absolute age is a rock's exact age.
What is the definition of relative age?
The geologic age of fossil organisms, rock, or geologic features or events defined relative of each other.
What is the relative age of a fossil starfish?
the relative age of the rock where it was found.
The age of a rock compared with the age of other rocks?
What you are referring to is the relative age.
Kind of age that compares a rock with other rocks?
relative age
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 an example of relative age dating in a rock record?
"Relative age describes the age of an object or event in comparison to another object of eveent. It determnes which evenets occurred earlier or later than others without giving a definite date." -from KCCT science book
What are relative fossils?
Answer: The age of a rock compared to the ages of the rock layers.
What is the difference of absolute age and relative age?
In the absolute age, the value will be exact and direct but in the relative age you will compare the rock with other feature.
What is the Specific age of a rock or fossil?
absolute age
How can you use fossils and geologic features interpret the relative age of rock layers?
Geologists use carbon-14 to interpret the relative age of rock layers
How can you use fossils and geologic-features interpret the relative age of rock layer?
Geologists use carbon-14 to interpret the relative age of rock layers
