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fossil facts 7064b
definitions
Question | Answer |
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relative age | Comparing one age to another. |
unconformity | gap in the rock layer that is due to erosion or periods with out any deposition. |
absolute age | age in years of a rock or other object;can be determined by using properties of the atoms that make up materials. |
Radioactive decay | process in which some isotope breaks down into other isotopes and particles |
Half life | time it takes for half the atoms of an istope to decay. |
Radiometric dating | a way used to calcualate the absoulute age of rock by measuring the ratio of parent istope to daughter product in a mineral and knowing the half line of the parent. |
Uniformitarianism | princilpe stating the earth process occuring today are similiar to those who happen in generations. |