Relative Dating of Rocks. Relative Dating and the Law of Superposition Relative dating is determining the age of a rock or geologic event when comparing.
Geologic Time. The geologic time scale is based upon rock and fossil evidence. It is broken into the following divisions from largest to smallest: eon,
Evidence of Evolution The genetic changes in a species over time.
Absolute vs. Relative Dating of Rocks - As time passes, the rock cycle creates and destroys rocks. This process leaves behind layers of different types.
Chapter 17 The Rock Record Page 322. BELLWORK: Order the following rock layers from oldest youngest.
Fossils Evidence of ancient life. 4 categories of fossils: 1. Original remains 2. Casts and molds 3. Replacement by minerals 4. Indirect evidence.
James Hutton proposed the principle of uniformitarianism. This states that the processes occurring on Earth today, have been occurring since Earth first.
Fossils
