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Dating Quiz

Question 1 of 11

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Radioactive Decay ‐ The process in which a isotope
tends to break down into a isotope of the same element or another
element

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Question 2 of 11

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Isotopes: Atoms of the same element that have the same number of ( protons, electrons ), but different numbers of ( electrons, protons )

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Isotope: Unstable radioactive isotope
Isotope: Stable isotope produced by radioactive decay

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    Parent
    Daughter

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: the time that it takes one‐half of the parent material to decay

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Dating: determining the absolute age of an
event using the ratio of parent material to daughter material

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Radiocarbon (carbon-14)
*Limit = years
*Dating materials

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Question 7 of 11

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Potassium-Argon
*Used on rocks

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Rubidium-Strontium
*Used on old and rocks

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Uranium-Thorium
*Dating sediments

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Dating: Placing events in the sequence they happened
Dating: Determining dates of events

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    Relative
    Absolute

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Question 11 of 11

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: Igneous intrusions and faults are younger than the layers they cut across

: Younger rocks lie above older rocks

: Sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal layers

Unconformity: Layers of rock missing in the sequence due to erosion

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    Cross Cutting Relationships
    Law of Superposition
    Law of Original Horizontality

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