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It's hard trying to guess the age of twins, so you try to make comparisons to see who might be older.
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Geology - Dating Rocks and Fossils

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RELATIVE DATING

NO DEFINITE AGE, TO MAKE COMPARISONS
It's hard trying to guess the age of twins, so you try to make comparisons to see who might be older.

ABSOLUTE DATING

TO KNOW THE EXACT AGE OF A ROCK OR OBJECT
They would know the exact ages of their children considering that one is older and one is younger.

LAW OF SUPERPOSITION

THE CYCLE WHEN A NEWER ROCK IS FORMED ON A ALREADY FORMED ROCK
It's like a pancake stack. Mostly because you have to cook the bottom part of the pancake first, before stacking on a newer and fresher pancake.

LAW OF Cross-cutting

THE CYCLE WHEN A NEWER ROCK IS FORMED ON A ALREADY FORMED ROCK
It's like a pancake stack. Mostly because you have to cook the bottom part of the pancake first, before stacking on a newer and fresher pancake.

HOW FOSSILS FORM

SEDIMENTS COMPACT AND CEMENT THE SHAPES/BONEs OF ORGANISMS
Fossil's form when an object/organism dies, and becomes compacted and cemented by sediment.
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EXAMPLE OF FOSSIL

FOSSILS ARE THE PRESERVED REMAINS OF LIVING THINGS
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WHAT FOSSILS CAN TELL US

PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS
This shark tooth fossil was found in Minnesota. Since it's quite impossible for a shark tooth to be found in MN, It tells us that a ocean probably covered part of Minnesota.

EXAMPLE OF FOSSIL

According to this picture, this is a human fossil. The foot is larger than average, and you can make guesses of whether this was cemented by mud, or was created because of volcanic ash.

PICTURE OF FOSSILS

INCLUDING DESCRIPTION
This is another example of a human fossil. This was found in Pompeii, Italy. There was a catastrophic volcano that erupted and covered the city of Italy with ash. Many people died, but their bodies were still preserved.

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