Which of the following is a population?

all the animals in a prairie ecosystem.
all the mesquite trees in a desert ecosystem.
all the living organisms in a river ecosystem.
the tree where a squirrel lives in a forest ecosystem.

the tree where a squirrel lives in a forest ecosystem

Explanation:

relative dating involves things like higher layers are most recent than rocks lower in the sequence. this can be extended to the known sequence of fossils. rocks containing rabbit fossils are later than those containing dinosaur fossils.  

absolute dating methods mainly use radioactive elements that have known rates of decay and produce recognizable products. for example potassium 40 decays to produce argon. once a rock has solidified the argon is trapped. by measuring the argon and potassium0 you can get an accurate number for the age.  

some other methods are good for archaeological ages. dendrochronology involves recognizing the sequence of tree rings. the orientation of magnetized particles in baked clay can be used to date a fire.

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it cools slower in the earth meaning the crystals have more time to form than lava on the surface