Absolute dating can be determined by (select all that apply). a. tree ring patterns b. earth's magnetic field c. a historian's journal d. coral growth cycle radioactivity e. photo comparison

The answers that apply are; B, C, and E.

Absolute dating is the ‘exact’ quantification of the age of an artifact or rock or fossil. This is different from relative dating that compares different materials and relatively determined which is older or younger than the other. The use of tree rings and sedimentary rock layers is a form of relative dating.

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.