1. Radioactive parent elements will become stable daughter elements through the process of (1 point)
absolute dating.
radioactive decay.
radiometric dating.
stabilization
Lesson 11 Unit 2 test answers-
1. B- radioactive decay
2. C- organisms with hard parts
3. B- mesozoic
4. B- a fossil
5. {written response}
6. A- original horizontality
7. A- the layers below this layer are older than 10,000 years old
8. B- scientists believe that the moon and the earth are the same age...
(A geologists has sketched... fill in the blank)
9. C- layer z
10. A- layer w
11. D- layer s
12. B- layer x
13. C- 3
(fill in the blank.. best matches the glacier process)
14. A- drumlins
15. C- kettles
16. B- eskers
17. D- moraine
18. B- assume that the rock layer formed at the same time as the fossil
(fill in the blank)
19. D- unconformity
20. B- sedimentary layers
21. C- intrusion
22. A- bottom layer
23. D-relative time
24. A- a fact
(look at the diagram. fill in the blank)
25. B- superposition
26. C- cross cutting relationships
27. D- original horizontality
28. A- faunal succession
29. B- half life
( look at the diagram of the atom. fill in the blank)
30. B- electron
31. A- neutron
32. C- proton
33. C- isotopes
34. {written response}
Good luck on the written response they are pretty straight forward and easy though :) - hope this helped !