Absolute age
Absolute age is the most accurate form of rock dating True or False?
True
Who are the people that discover fossils called?
Geologists
Why are index fossils important to scientists?
To correlate different geologic history
Who would use relative age?
Geologists
What is absolute age dating also called?
radiometric dating
What do fossils provide scientists?
A snapshot of past events
What are some characteristics about index fossils?
easily recognizable, live short lives, and abundant
What is the difference of relative age and absolute age?
Relative age is a estimate of the age of a rock and absolute age tells the exact age of a rock
What is absolute age?
The exact age of a rock or fossil
What are fossils?
They are the mold of an living organism that died
What are index fossils?
It is a tool to determine the age of a rock
What is relative age?
It tells the order of past events but not the exact age
When was absolute age discovered?
the late 1800's
When was fossils discovered?
The 6th century BC
When was index fossils discovered?
In the early 1800's
When was relative age discovered?
1785 and 1800
Who discovered absolute age dating?
Bertram Boltwood
Who discovered fossils?
Mary Anning
Who discovered index fossils?
William Smith
Who discovered relative age?
William Smith