Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
Science, Geography
7th -
12thgrade
Relative Dating and Absolute Dating
5 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
relative dating
absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true about Absolute Dating?
It is a quantitative method of dating.
It uses simple principles to recognize the relative ages of rocks.
It is used to give rocks an actual date, or date range, in number of years.
It uses radiometric method by radioactive decay: concept of Isotopes and concepts of half- life.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true about Relative Dating?
quantitative method of dating
principles to recognize the relative ages of rocks
used to arrange geological events and the rocks they leave behind in sequence
used stratigraphy method (oldest found at the bottom and youngest at the top)
- 4. Multiple Choice
The absolute age of an igneous rock can best be determined by ___________
examining the rock’s relative position in a rock outcrop
examining the environment in which the rock is found.
comparing the size of crystals in the upper and lower parts of the rock
comparing the amount of decayed and undecayed radioactive isotopes
- 5. Multiple Choice
Use the picture below to answer: Which rock layer is the oldest?
1
2
3
4
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags