LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Stratigraphy is the study of the order of the layers of rocks and where they fit in the geological timescale. This method is most effective for studying sedimentary rocks. Cross dating is a method of using fossils to determine the relative age of a rock.

Detailed explanation-2: -Relative dating is used to arrange geological events, and the rocks they leave behind, in a sequence. The method of reading the order is called stratigraphy (layers of rock are called strata). Relative dating does not provide actual numerical dates for the rocks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeologists use two kinds of dating methods: relative dating and absolute dating. In relative dating, we determine which things are older or younger based on their relationships.

Detailed explanation-4: -Relative dating methods estimate whether an object is younger or older than other things found at the site. Relative dating does not offer specific dates, it simply allows to determine if one artifact, fossil, or stratigraphic layer is older than another.

Detailed explanation-5: -The age of rocks is determined by radiometric dating, which looks at the proportion of two different isotopes in a sample. Radioactive isotopes break down in a predictable amount of time, enabling geologists to determine the age of a sample using equipment like this thermal ionization mass spectrometer.