science
Across
- 2. the placement of one thing above or on top of another
- 4. The amount of time that it takes one half of the atoms present to decay
- 5. the approximate age of a specific rock layer
- 6. the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments,
- 8. method of age determination that makes use of the radioactive decay
- 9. assigning actual dates (in years before the present) to rocks or geological events
Down
- 1. a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years
- 3. the extensive interval of time occupied by the geologic history of Earth
- 7. the emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation