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Put these layers in order from oldest to youngest
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Relative Dating: Determining whether an object is older or younger than other objects
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Absolute Dating: Determining the age of an object by determining the number of years it has existed
Rocks and minerals have traces of radioactive elements, such as uranium
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Those elements decay at a constant rate
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When atoms decay, they go from parent to daughter atoms
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By measuring the # of unstable atoms left in a rock and comparing it to the # of daughter atoms, we can estimate how much time has passed since the rock formed
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