Question

Explain how a paleontologist might use relative dating techniques to determine the age of a fossil.

Answer 1

Will get fanned and medal for helping ^O^

Answer 2

Are there multiple chices?

Answer 3

no D: its one of those writing questions T_T

Answer 4

uh oh well I can't just shhot something out of my head sorry :(

Answer 5

Its okay :) thanks for trying at least ^-^

Answer 6

no prob :)

Answer 7

@GraceJaylene do u think you can help me? ^-^

Answer 8

It depends on if the ground has shifted from an earthquake or not. the layers of the ground tell the age of the layer, and where the fossil is located.

Answer 9

and also it does NOT tell the exact age, it just states , if there is more than one fossil, which one is older than the other

Answer 10

Does that help @charlotte123 ?

Answer 11

@GraceJaylene u r right :O but I dont think that answers my question D: it does help a little though, but remember my question asks Explain how a paleontologist might use relative dating techniques to determine the age of a fossil ^-^

Answer 12

Well if they get a fossil in limestone, and then in bedrock, which one is "older" ?

Answer 13

well, I remember according to the law of superposition, the youngest rocks are on top and the oldest are in the bottom :)

Answer 14

Exactly. which rock is on top

Answer 15

the limestone? :3

Answer 16

Yes! By golly you got it :D xD

Answer 17

XD so wait, a paleontologist might use relative dating techniques to determine the age of a fossil by using the Law of Superposition? :O

Answer 18

Yes. because they check the layers of ground. sometimes they use a "hollow" drill to get layers of ground to see what they can see. this means that they are trying to decidee what layer is older or younger to another :D

Answer 19

hmm......give me one sec :D

Answer 20

but then again it asks how they will determine the age of a fossil, not rocks D: