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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 can you infer about the age of rocks as compared to humans?
relative age
What is the Specific age of a rock or fossil?
absolute age
What are some characteristics of relative age?
Awesomeness...
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
Why isn't granite used to prepare diamonds?
Diamonds are harder than granite: it would be useless in this process, because of its relative 'softness'.
The age of a rock compared with the age of other rocks?
What you are referring to is the relative 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 relative age of a fossil starfish?
the relative age of the rock where it was found.
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.
How old is an object in relation to the ages of other objects?
Relative 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 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 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
Was granite found in the stone age?
You would think because it was called the stone age.
What does relative age indicates?
relative age means the process of determining the age of rock layers based on their relationship to each other.
