Radioactive Dating
Rock Layers/The Earth
Layers of the Atmosphere
Volcanoes
Anything Mr. Dunn Felt Like Could Go In Here
100

Uranium-238 decays into Lead-206. How many half lives have passed if there is 50% Uranium and 50% Lead.

One.

100

This principle states that an intrusion is younger than what it crosses.

Cross-Cutting Relationships

100

This layer of the atmosphere, our weather is found in.

Troposphere 

100

This type of volcano is the least explosive.

Shield

100

This was the name of the supercontinent

Pangea 

200

An alien radioactive isotope has a half-life of 745 years. If you start with a sample of 32 kg, how much would be left in 437 years?

21.31 kg

200

This principle states that older layers are found below newer ones.

Principle of Superposition 

200

In this layer, we find the ozone layer.

Stratosphere 

200

This type of volcano is the most explosive.

Cinder Cone Volcano

200

This is how the Hawaiian Islands were formed.

Hot Spot Volcanoes

300

What percent of Carbon-14 would remain after 9 half lives?

0.1953%

300

This rule states that sedimentary deposits form horizontal-layers.

Principle of Original Horizontality 

300

In this layer, temperature increases as altitude increases. 

Stratosphere, Thermosphere 

300

This area of the Earth is famous for it's active volcanoes, found in the pacific.

Pacific Ring of Fire

300

This part of the cell controls and regulates all activities of the cell.

Nucleus

400

A 254 g. sample of Sodium-24 decays to 7.94 g. of Sodium 24 in 75 hours. What is the half life of this isotope?

15 hours

400

This is a process in which a denser plate dives beneath another plate and sinks.

Subduction

400

In this layer, temperature decreases as altitude increases. 

Troposphere, Mesosphere 

400

This type of volcano has a low gas content.

Shield

400

This part of the chromosome holds chromatids together.

Centromere


500

A scientist finds a bone and after some tests, discovers it contains 3.125% Uranium-238. If a half live of Uranium is 4.5 billion years, how old is the bone?

22.5 Billion Years

500

Look at the image: What is the order of rock layers in terms of age from OLDEST to youngest. 

look at photo
500

In this layer of the atmosphere, objects entering Earth start to burn up.

Mesosphere 

500

This type of volcano produces lava, pumice, and ash when it erupts.

Composite Volcano

500

S-Waves have an average speed of 4.1 km/s. How long would it take an S-Wave to travel 350 km?

85.37 s.