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What you are referring to is the relative age.
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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 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
What is the best indication of a relative age of a rock layer?
The position of the layer compared to other layers.
What is Radioactive dating of rock samples?
Radioactive dating of rock samples determines the age of rocks from the time it was formed. Geologist determine the age of rocks using radioactive dating. The radioactive dating relies on spontaneous decomposition into other element. The spontaneous decomposition is called radioactive decay.
The age in years of a rock or other object is a what?
The age in years of a rock or other object is known as Absolute Age.
What is relative aging of a rock?
It's age compared to the ages of other rocks.
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.
Kind of age that compares a rock with other rocks?
relative age
The age of a rock compared to the age of other layer is called?
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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
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 can you infer about the age of rocks as compared to humans?
relative age
What is the best indication of a relative age of a rock layer?
The position of the layer compared to other layers.
What is the difference between relative ages of and relative position of rocks?
Age is how old the rock is relative to other rocks, position is where the rock is in relation to other rocks. Tectonic motion and other forces can easily turn a portion of the Earths crust upside down resulting in older rock lying above younger layers.
What is a breakage rock?
A Rock Breakage is a rock that breaks when its age is old. They can be found at the Trench where rocks re formed and rocks that are old
What are relative fossils?
Answer: The age of a rock compared to the ages of the rock layers.
What are 2 ways to determine relative age of rock?
Where it is in comparison to other rocks If it contains fragments of another rock, it is definitely younger than it
