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You can use relative dating which is looking at the rocks around it, or you can use radiometric dating, which compares the amount of radioactive element with the amount of nonradioactive element in the rock.

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How can index fossils be used to date rock?

Because if you know how old the fossil is, and you find the fossil inside a rock, you know that rock has a maxium age corresponding with the age of the fossil.


Where would you find a fossil?

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Would it be easier to find a fox or a moth or a jellyfish fossil?

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How can someone find the absolute age of a fossil?

By using radiometric or radiocarbon dating.


Where Would You Most Likely Find A Fossil?

A fossil would most likely be found in sedimentary rocks


What would you least likely find in a fossil?

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What happens to the age of a fossil the deeper down you find it?

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What is the similarity between absolute ans relative dating?

It is the method of descovering the methodof the age of something... I think it is the age of the fossil u are trying to find out


What would you most likely find in AMBER fossil?

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What is the relative age of a fossil that can be determined by comparing it to an index fossil is called?

The relative age of a fossil that can be determined by comparing it to an index fossil is called biostratigraphic dating. This method relies on the known age range of the index fossil to estimate the relative age of the fossil being studied.