Relative and Absolute Age Worksheet

This printable matching worksheet on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 11 questions and answers to match. This matching worksheet is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

The actual age of a fossil
Layers of sedimentary rocks that record how species change
The length of time it takes for a sample to decay
Fossils of an organism that existed shortly
When molten rock cuts through sedimentary then cools into igneous
In sedimentary, older layers of rock lie beneath younger rock
a method for measuring the age of a material
Describes the age of a fossil in comparison to another fossil
A type of rock formed by sedimentation
when a rock layer is missing from one area of a rock bed
Processes that shaped the Earth in the past still shape the Earth now