Geologic Time Scale

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Across
  1. 4. the amount of time it takes for one half of a remaining isotope to decay to a daughter product.
  2. 6. The rule that states an undisturbed sequence of rocks, the top layer of the sequence will always be younger than the bottom layer.
  3. 8. remains of a once living organism preserved in a rock
  4. 9. the current era we live in today
  5. 10. process to determine if a rock or layer of rocks are older or younger than another rock or rock layer
Down
  1. 1. useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it's found.
  2. 2. states any rock or fragment that's included inside another rock is older than the rock in which is included.
  3. 3. layer
  4. 5. states any feature that cuts across a sequence of rocks, is younger than anything it cuts.
  5. 7. shows the exact age of a rock or fossil