To Do To Answer
Read about Geologic Time
  • What is the estimated age of the Earth?
  • What evidence is there for this age?
Read about the Relative Time Scale
  • What evidence do we have that the Earth has "diverse origins"?
  • Explain the principle originally proposed by James Hutton.
  • How did this principle become a major concept of relative time dating?
Read about the Radiometric Time Scale
  • How is radioactive decay used to determine absolute time?
Relative and Absolute Dating Factsheet (attached below)
  • Sketch a concept map linking together the details of relative and absolute dating.
Review the types of rocks
  • Sketch the image into your notes.