Ascientist is determining the age of a rock by comparing their position to other rock layers. by doing this, the scientist is determining -
a)the date the rock was formed
b) the relative age of the rock
c) the absolute age of the rock
d) the level of radioactive isotope decay in the rock-
-at first i thought it was the date the rock was i think it wrong, so i looked over the text and now i'm thinking they want it to answer eider b-c relative or absolute age of the rock. so i can cross off a and d. and by doing that, i had to take a look into my notes, and i notice my notes aren't the best but from what i know, absolute determines whether it gives up the true ‘age’ of a rock or fossil. and relative doesn't provide a “true age’’ but now that i'm thinking on it absolute looks to see if it mainly organic or tissue, while relative mainly sedimentary rocks. so i'm thinking it b now, but i feel like i'm confusing myself with all this. so i wanted to understand this better and get a clear answer to this. if my answer wrong, can i get a short explanation as to why? -