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One of the biggest fallacies of fossil dating is that they use the rock layer to help determine the age of the fossils, but the fossils are also used to help determine the age of the rock layer.
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How do you tell how old a fossil is by the rock layer?
by relative dating or radiometric dating
What is the main purpose of both relative dating and rediometric dating?
The purpose is to estimate or find the age of a material, or fossil.
What does relative dating provide for the age of a rock layer or fossil?
estimate
What type of rock does radioactive dating work best with?
Rocks in general are not dated, but a fossil would be.
How is radioactive dating important fo providing evidence for evolution?
It allows scientists to organize the fossil record.
If I wanted to know how old a fossil was which type of dating would I be using?
Radiometric is the type of dating used to determine how old a fossil is.
How do you tell how old a fossil is by the rock layer?
by relative dating or radiometric dating
If the fossil is to old to use uranium 235 dating?
Uranium dating methods were not used for fossils dating.
What is the method of dating fossil by their position in rock layer?
relative dating
What do scientists use to determine a fossil's relative age?
Carbon14 dating (isotopic dating)
What are a type of logical fallacy A fallacies of relevance B fallacies of close relationship C component fallacies D fallacies of ambiguity E fallacies of omission?
This is not a type of logical fallacy B fallacies of close relationship. This is a made up phrase and has nothing to do with logical fallacy.The correct answers for types of logical fallacy are:A fallacies of relevanceC component fallaciesD fallacies of ambiguityE fallacies of omission
What to methods are used to determine the age of a rock or fossil?
There are two methods used to determine the age of a rock or fossil. The first is carbon dating and the second is radiometric dating.
How scientists estimate the age in years of a fossil?
Scientists can use carbon dating to determine the age of a fossil.
What is the process of how a scientist can estimate the age of fossil?
carbon dating
What is the most accurate way to date a fossil?
Carbon dating
What must be true for a fossil organism to be useful as a index fossil?
The absolute age of the index fossil was determine by radioactive dating or another absolute method
What type of fossil dating uses half life to determine age?
Radiocarbon dating is a technique that uses the decay of carbon-14.
