__________ used to measure absolute age using radiometric dating. A) Rates of deposition are B) Radioactive decay is C) Sonar waves are D) Radio waves are

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User: __________ used to measure absolute age using radiometric dating. A) Rates of deposition are B) Radioactive decay is C) Sonar waves are D) Radio waves are

Weegy: A) Rates of deposition are
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User: Why can a radioactive half-life be used to help determine absolute age? A) Radioactive decay happens at a relatively constant rate that is not changed by environmental conditions. B) Radioactive decay happens at a rate that is constantly changed by pressure conditions C) Radioactive decay happens at a rate that is constantly changed by other environmental conditions D) Radioactive decay happens at a relatively constant rate that is changed by temperature conditions

Weegy: D) Radioactive decay happens at a relatively constant rate that is changed by temperature conditions
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User: When can the isotope, Carbon-14, be used to date an object? A) When the object is over one billion years old B) When the object is over 100 million years old C) When the object is less than 70,000 years old D) When the object is over one million years old

Weegy: C) When the object is less than 70,000 years old
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User: Which of the following is a clue to the original position of rock layers when using relative dating methods? A) orientation of preserved ripple marks B) shape of bedding planes C) size of particles in the rock layers D) all of the above

Weegy: D) all of the above
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User: 8. Which of these rock layers is the oldest according to the law of superposition? A) the layer just under the surface layer B) the layer closest to Earth’s core C) the layer closest to Earth’s surface D) both b and c are correct

Weegy: B) the layer closest to Earth’s core
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User: 3. One varve represents how many years of deposition? A) one B) two C) three D) four

Weegy: C) three
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User: According to __________, younger layers of undisturbed sedimentary rock are above older layers. A) the law of angular unconformities B) the principle of uniformitarianism C) the law of superposition D) the principle of sedimentarianism

Weegy: C) the law of superposition
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User: Younger layers of undisturbed sedimentary rock are above older layers according to __________. A) the principle of uniformitarianism B) the principle of sedimentarianism C) the law of superposition D) the law of angular unconformity

Weegy: C) the law of superposition
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Radioactive decay used to measure absolute age using radiometric dating.

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Radioactive decay happens at a relatively constant rate that is not changed by environmental conditions. - is why can a radioactive half-life be used to help determine absolute age.

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Orientation of preserved ripple marks, shape of bedding planes and size of particles in the rock layers - are a clue to the original position of rock layers when using relative dating methods.

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The layer closest to Earth’s core - is the oldest according to the law of superposition.

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Younger layers of undisturbed sedimentary rock are above older layers according to: the law of superposition.

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One varve represents one year of deposition.

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