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Quiz Review

Quiz Review. Relative/Absolute Dating. 1. Relative Dating. Which layer is older – 1, 3, 6 ?. 2. Relative Dating. Which layer is older – 2, 3, 4 ?. 3. Relative Dating. Which layer is older – 2, 4, Event B ?. 4. Absolute Dating.

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Quiz Review

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  1. Quiz Review Relative/Absolute Dating

  2. 1. Relative Dating Which layer is older – 1, 3, 6 ?

  3. 2. Relative Dating Which layer is older – 2, 3, 4 ?

  4. 3. Relative Dating Which layer is older – 2, 4, Event B ?

  5. 4. Absolute Dating • The radioactive isotope C14 decays into the stable decay element N15 with a half-life of 5730 years. • What fraction of the original C14 will be remaining in the sample after 11,460 years? (1, ½, ¼, 1/8)

  6. 5. Absolute Dating • How many half-lives have elapsed to yield a sample with 125 atoms of C-14 and 375 atoms of N-15? • (Hint: Think in terms of percentage of C14 remaining…)

  7. 6. Absolute Dating • If the C14 isotope has gone through 3 Half-lives, and the Half-Life of C14 is 5730 years, • “How Old is the Substance at hand?”

  8. Answers to Review Q’s • Slide 1 – Rock Layer 6 • (3 is cross-cutting 1+6, so it’s the youngest, 1 and 6 are sedimentary rocks with 1 on top of 6. Therefore, Rock layer 6 is oldest.) • Slikde 2 – Rock Layer 4 • (Rock layer 3 is cross-cutting everything, so it’s the youngest. Rock layer 2 is cross-cutting 4, so it’s younger than 4. Therefore, Rock layer 4 is the oldest.)

  9. Answers to Review Q’s • Slide 3: Rock Layer 4 • (Rock Layer 2 and Event B are both cross-cutting Rock Layer 4. Therefore, Rock layer 4 had to be there before the cross-cutting occurred.) • Slide 4: ¼ • (11,460 is 2 half-lifes of C14 (5730 x 2 = 11,460). Each ½ Life reduces the amount present by ½. Therefore ½ of ½ = ¼)

  10. Answers to Review Q’s • Slide 5: 2 Half-Lives • C14 = 125 atoms N15= 375 atoms, to figure the %C14 remaining = 125/500 (total atoms) which = 0.25 or ¼ or 2 Half-lives. • Slide 6: 17,190 years • If 1 half-life = 5730 years, then 3 half-lifes must = 3 x 5730 years = 17,190 years.

  11. That’s All for Today!! 

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