Part 1 Absolute Dating 1. How many years does it take for half of the material shown in the graph to go away? 2. After 3 half lives, how much of the original material is still left? 3. How many years have gone by after 3 half lives? 4. After 0 half lives, how much of the original material is still left? 5. After 75 years, how many half lives have gone by? 100% Percentage of material remaining 50% 25% 12.5% 0% 1 Half live 2 Half lives 1 Half Life is 15 years 3 Half lives

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Part 1 Absolute Dating
1. How many years does it take for
half of the material shown in the
graph to go away?
2. After 3 half lives, how much of the
original material is still left?
3. How many years have gone by
after 3 half lives?
4. After 0 half lives, how much of the
original material is still left?
5. After 75 years, how many half
lives have gone by?
100%
Percentage
of material
remaining
50%
25%
12.5%
0%
1 Half
live
2 Half
lives
1 Half Life is 15 years
3 Half
lives
Transcribed Image Text:Part 1 Absolute Dating 1. How many years does it take for half of the material shown in the graph to go away? 2. After 3 half lives, how much of the original material is still left? 3. How many years have gone by after 3 half lives? 4. After 0 half lives, how much of the original material is still left? 5. After 75 years, how many half lives have gone by? 100% Percentage of material remaining 50% 25% 12.5% 0% 1 Half live 2 Half lives 1 Half Life is 15 years 3 Half lives
Part 2 Relative Dating
Layer Z
Layer S
Layer G
Layer A
Layer J
Igneous
Intrusion H
Layer R
Layer B
Questions: (type your answers in the grey boxes)
1 List the order of events
Last thing/event (most recent)
First thing/event that happened
2. Originally Layers B, A, G, S, and Z were all-
3. How do you know that layer S is older
than the Igneous Intrusion H?
4 If there was a fossil of a dinosaur bone
in layer Z, and a Seashell Fossil in
layer B, which would be older?
5 If there were fossils in Layer J, what would you
know about their relative age? Old or young?
Transcribed Image Text:Part 2 Relative Dating Layer Z Layer S Layer G Layer A Layer J Igneous Intrusion H Layer R Layer B Questions: (type your answers in the grey boxes) 1 List the order of events Last thing/event (most recent) First thing/event that happened 2. Originally Layers B, A, G, S, and Z were all- 3. How do you know that layer S is older than the Igneous Intrusion H? 4 If there was a fossil of a dinosaur bone in layer Z, and a Seashell Fossil in layer B, which would be older? 5 If there were fossils in Layer J, what would you know about their relative age? Old or young?
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