Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Assignment Tuesday 2/21

If you complete the coloring assignment

Read and post notes on your blog

Pages 283-289

You need to find specific supplementals (pictures, videos, ...) for the following in your notes.

Geological Dating
Types absolute vs relative
What is half life and how is it useful in geological dating?
What the the key radiometric datable materials that are useful for paleoanthropologists? What are their half lives? What makes these useful vs other types of radioactive material?
Why are volcanoes useful in this process?
How can the geology of one area be useful in identifying the age of an area in a different part of the world?

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