Relative age does not assign a number to an age, but is only used to say, for example, whether rock A is older than rock B. Absolute age actually assigns a number, for example "this shale is about 300 million years old."
Relative age does not assign a number to an age, but is only used to say, for example, whether rock A is older than rock B. Absolute age actually assigns a number, for example "this shale is about 300 million years old."
In terms of geology, Relative Age is the age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects. Layers of rock, called strata, show the order of events that took place in the past and Absolute Age is the numerical age of an object or event.
Relative age is the age of a rock relative to the rock layers around it, absolute age is a rock's exact 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.
In terms of geology, Relative Age is the age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects. Layers of rock, called strata, show the order of events that took place in the past and Absolute Age is the numerical age of an object or event.
both have methods of descovering the age of an object or event.
Absolute age dating defines an exact date -1875. Relative dating gives a relative answer -10 years after the end of the civil war. Your welcome for helping you with Biology Homework.... *Cheaters* Geology homework. Actually. -.- Jeesh, people these days.
Absolute age is the definite age of a fossil, while relative age is an estimated age according to the sediments and other fossils around the fossil.
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
absolute age
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.
It depends. If you are comparing it to something then it is relative. But if your give it a specific age/year, then it is absolute. ex. Relative: The fossil is younger than the shale. Absolute: The fossils is 1000 years old. *note; even if the age is wrong it would still be classified as absolute time
Relative age.
They are both types of age used in measuring rocks.