0
That information would enable you to discern, determine, and conclude, and
confidently to state to others, which rock was created before the other, and
which rock was formed subsequent to the other.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does radioactive dating tell the relative age of rocks?
No. Radioactive dating is an absolute dating tool.
What can you infer about the age of rocks as compared to humans?
relative age
What fossils are useful in determining the relative age of rocks?
Index fossils
How are the laws of superposition and crosscutting relationship used to determine the relative age of rocks?
They are used to determine the relative ages of rocks by stating that younger rocks lie above older rocks, and that rocks that cut through a layer are younger than the existing layer.
What is originally the geologic time scale placed on earth's rocks in order by what?
Relative age
The orientation of a rock’s magnetic field can tell you its?
The orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you it's relative age.
What can the orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you?
The orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you it's relative age.
Does radioactive dating tell the relative age of rocks?
No. Radioactive dating is an absolute dating tool.
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.
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
What can you infer about the age of rocks as compared to humans?
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 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
A fault can be useful in determining which group of rocks?
relative age
What does relative age mean?
The age of a rock or formation given relative to other rocks or formation, usually defined as a zone fossil name
How can scientists determine the relative age of rocks and fossils an area?
nunya
