1. Chapter 8 Section 2 Review Page 196

2. Relative Age Dating
Absolute Age Dating

3. 2. Explain why calculations of absolute age based on rates of erosion and deposition can be inaccurate.
The rate at which sediment is deposited or eroded away can vary from year to year due to many factors.

4. 3. Describe varves, and describe how and where they form.
Varves are layers of sediment made of one layer of sand covered by one layer of silt. They are deposited at the bottom of glacial lakes and represent one year of deposition.

5. Varves

6. 4. Suppose you have a shark’s tooth that you suspect is about 15,000 years old. Would you use 238U or 14C to date the tooth? Explain your answer.
You would use radiocarbon (14C) dating because the object is organic and because it is too young to be accurately dated by using 238U.

7. Radiocarbon Dating: Parent to Daughter

8. Section 2: Determining Absolute Age
Chapter 8 Study Notes
Section 2: Determining Absolute Age

9. 1
The ______ age of an object is called _______ age.
numeric
absolute

10. 2
_______ age is the ______ age of an object.
Absolute
numeric

11. 3
_______ are banded _____ of sediment deposited _________ in glacial lakes.
Varves
layers
annually

12. 13
A ______ is most like a tree ____.
varve
ring

13. 14
Radioactive ____ is used to compare the absolute age of rocks because radioactive decay happens at a relatively ______ rate.
decay
constant

14. 15 ________ dating is determining age through _________ of isotopes.
Radiometric
comparison

15. 16
In __________ decay, parent isotopes are compared to __________ isotopes.
radioactive
daughter

16. 17
In ________ dating, scientists compare the proportion of a radioactive ______ isotope to a stable _________ isotope.
radiometric
parent
daughter

17. 18
A ________ is the time it takes for half of a sample of radioactive isotope to decay.
half-life

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