Absolute Dating – The age of an object. Found by...

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Absolute Dating Relative Dating Law of Superposition Index Fossils Absolute Dating – The ____________ age of an object. Found by determining the amount of ______________________ material in the object. Relative Dating - The age of an object ________________ to another object or event. Layers of rock show the ________________ age of each ____________. à In undisturbed layers of rock, the ____________ layer is the ____________ and the age of the rock layers gets _____________ as you move ____________. Often rock layers will get _______________ by an ____________, ______________, or by molten ___________ seeping into it, causing the layers to realign. An __________ fossil is a fossil of an organism that lived all across the _____________, but only for a ___________ period of time. Index Fossils help scientist determine the ________________ age of rock layers located in different places. The fossils ______________ to the surface are most similar to the animals alive __________.

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AbsoluteDating–The____________ageofanobject.

� Foundbydeterminingtheamountof______________________materialintheobject.

RelativeDating-Theageofanobject________________toanotherobjectorevent.

� Layersofrockshowthe________________ageofeach____________.

àInundisturbedlayersofrock,the____________layeristhe____________andtheageoftherocklayersgets_____________asyoumove____________.

Oftenrocklayerswillget_______________byan____________,______________,orbymolten___________seepingintoit,causingthelayerstorealign.

� An__________fossilisafossilofanorganismthatlivedallacrossthe_____________,butonlyfora___________periodoftime.

� IndexFossilshelpscientistdeterminethe________________ageofrocklayerslocatedindifferentplaces.

Thefossils______________tothesurfacearemostsimilartotheanimalsalive__________.