Dating Methods

Question 1

Relative dating method

Answer 1

How old something is in relation to something else

Question 2

Stratigraphy (and what type of dating method)

Answer 2

The study of the earths layers to see what objects were used when (relative dating method)

Question 3

What type of dating method is fluorine dating

Answer 3

Relative dating method

Question 4

Absolute dating method

Answer 4

Doesn’t rely on other evidence to uncover the age of an object

Question 5

Radio carbon dating

Answer 5

Working out how old something is by working out how much carbon is in the object. No carbon left in any living thing after 40,000 years old

Question 6

Tree ring dating

Answer 6

Trees grow rings every year. A ring size is because of the environmental conditions. How old and what conditions a tree has experienced can determine age and lifestyle of other trees.

Question 7

What type of dating method is tree ring dating

Answer 7

Absolute dating method

Question 8

What type of dating method is radio carbon dating

Answer 8

Absolute dating method