Question

What can absolute dating tell about layers of the Earth that relative dating cannot?

A. the exact amount of time left until the layer disintegrates

B. the age of rocks in years

C. the exact amount of fossils in the layers

D. the exact minerals buried in the layers

Answer 1

@Photon336 @Pinkybottom67

Answer 2

@salemlover352

Answer 3

@jabez177

Answer 4

I think it is a but I am not positive.

Answer 5

I thought it might be B.

Answer 6

Would that be correct @Photon336 ?

Answer 7

Well absolute dating gives us the exact age of the rock because remember we're taking into account half lives of decay. that's how they are different.

Answer 8

Oh shoot. This stuff is so confusing.

Answer 9

So it would be B?

Answer 10

so remember Absolute dating gives us the age of the rock by use of half lives to do that.
relative dating does not do that. that's how they are different.

Answer 11

Sorry I get lost eaisly.

Answer 12

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Remember absolute dating gives us the exact age of the rock in years.

Answer 13

Okay. So it is B :)