Geologic Dating Quiz

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The ___________ is the age of rock or other objects determined by the properties of the atoms that make up the materials

_______ are the remains of species that existed on Earth for relatively short periods of time, were abundant, and were widespread geographically.

The study of fossils and geological dating is part of

Calculating the absolute age of a rock by measuring the amounts of parent and daugher materials in a rock and knowing the half-life of the parent materials is called

The relative age of something is __________________.

Which is the principle of superposition?

If the half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years, then after 5,730 years how much carbon-14 will be left in a sample?

The principle that Earth processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past.