Age of Stratified Rock
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This is used to measure the actual age of the rock.
a. Absolute dating
b. Relative dating
c. Stratification
d. Unconformities
a. Absolute dating
Which of the following shows layering or stratification?
a. Igneous rock
b. Sedimentary rock
c. Metamorphic rock
d. none of these
b. Sedimentary rock
an element that has the same number of proton but different number of neutron is called .
a. Isomers
b. Isotopes
c. Radioactive
d. Radiometer
b. Isotopes
It is used to determine which layer is the oldest and the youngest rock.
a. Absolute dating
b. Relative dating
c. Stratification
d. Unconformities
b. Relative dating
Which of the following is true?
a. The oldest rock is placed near the soar or mountain edges
b. Rock age can be determined by breaking and sorting its mineral
c. Rock age can be determined by looking at its color, from dark to light
d. The oldest rock is located at the bottom and the youngest are located at the top
d. The oldest rock is located at the bottom and the youngest are located at the top
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
The top layer is the youngest strata of the rock
RD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Identifying the actual age of the rock
AD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Using radioactive element like carbon and Uranium
AD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Describing the geological event of the rock
RD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
original horizontal, inclusion, Superposition, cross-cutting
RD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Rock intrusion is the oldest rock
RD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Formation of fault line may generate new younger rock
RD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Living organism decay into carbon-14
AD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Using isotopes to determine the actual age of the rock.
AD
RD if it describes relative dating and AD if it describes absolute dating.
Folding of rock assessed as if the rock is flat.
AD
Rock layering which determines the age of the rock.
a. Half-life
b. Isotopes
c. Strata
d. Stratification
d. Stratification
The process of determining if one rock or geologic event is older or younger than another, without knowing their specific ages.
a. Absolute dating
b. Relative dating
c. Stratifications
d. Unconformities
b. Relative dating
Placing the actual age of the rock.
a. Absolute dating
b. Relative dating
c. Stratifications
d. Unconformities
a. Absolute dating
Represents the interruption in the process of deposition of sedimentary rock.
a. Absolute dating
b. Relative dating
c. Stratifications
d. Unconformities
d. Unconformities
The decay of the radioactive element over a long period of time.
a. Half-life
b. Isotopes
c. Strata
d. Stratification
a. Half-life