ANTH 1001 Chapter : Chapter 8 Quiz
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The principle of faunal succession was created by: william smith, thomas jefferson, georges cuvier, charles lyell. The study of what happens to the remains of an organism is called: geology, paleontology, fossilization, taphonomy. All of the following are relative methods of dating except: stratigraphic correlation, fluorine dating, radiocarbon dating, faunal dating. All of the following are absolute methods of dating except: tree ring dating, cultural dating, fission-track dating, amino acid dating. A volcanic eruption on the coast of japan in 1850 deposits a layer of ash on top of a layer of red clay, and the ash is covered by a layer of silt in a tsunami in 1902. Archaeologists find a coin between the ash and silt, and they find a small pot between the ash and clay. 5,730 years is the ______________ of the carbon-14 radioisotope: paleomagnetic date, numerical age, half-life, atomic mass unit.
