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Unit 4, 3& 4 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Dating | any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years. |
| Radioactive Decay | the process in which a radioactive isotope tends to break down into a stable isotope of the same element or another element. |
| Half-Life | the time required for half of a sample of a radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope. |
| Radiometric Dating | a method of determining the absolute age of an object by comparing the relative percentages of a radioactive (parent) isotope and a stable (daughter) isotope. |
| Radiocarbon Dating Methods | photosynthesis, ages of wood,bones, shells. |
| Potassium Argon Dating | occurs in 2 stable isotopes, potassium 41 and potassium 39, and 1 radioactive isotope that occurs naturally potassium -40. |
| Uranium- Lead Dating | based on measuring the amount of lead -206 isotope in a sample. |
| Geology | the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth and the processes that shape Earth. |
| Geologic Time Scale | the standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable parts. |