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Measuring Absolute Time

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In this absolute time learning exercise, students answer eleven questions about ways to measure the age of fossils. They define half-life, answer questions about radioactive dating, tree rings and varves.

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radioactive decay, radioactivity, tree rings, trees, parts of a tree, half lives

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radioactive decay, tree rings, varves, science
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8th - 10th
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Science
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