vocab
determaning ages of rocks
geologic time scale
major events in Earths history
potpourri
100

reletive age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks

reletive age

100

which layer is the top

relitive age is the top layer

100

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

geological time scale

100

a vertebrate whose temp is determined by the temp of its enviiroment

reptile

100

Feburary 9 1895

when was volleyball created

200

the age of a rock given as the number of years since the rock formed

absolute age law of superposition

200

which layer is the bottom

absolute age law of superposition is the bottom layer

200

One of the three long units of gelogic time between the Precambrain and the present

era

200

When to many types of living things become extinct.

mass extinction

200

December 21 1891

when was basketball created

300

the gap in the geologic record that shows where rock layers have been lost due to erosion

unconformity

300

which is the newest layer

the relitive age is the newest layer

300

One part of the units of geologic time into which geologists divide eras

period

300

a vertebrate whose body temperature is determaided by the temperature of its enviroment

amphibain

300

December 19 1863

when was soccer created

400

The process in wgich the nuclei of radioactive elements break down, releasing fastmoving particles and energy

radioactive decay

400

Which is the oldest layer

Absolute age of law superposition is the oldest layer

400

What is the geological timescale 

What is a chronological calendar of Earth's history

400

an animal with a backbone.

vertebrate

400

Thanksgiving Day 1887

when was softball created 

500

the process of determining the age of an object usinng the half-life of one or more radioactive isotopes

radioactive dating 

500

How could a geologists match the rock layer in one area to rock layers found in another area?

comparing the sequence of rock types.

500

what method do geologists use to find the absolute ages of rocks?

radiometric dating

500

an animal without a backbone.

invertebrate

500

776 BCE in Greece

when was track created