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=Focus Questions= Directions:Answer the following questions as you navigate through //Understanding Geologic Time//. 1. How is relative age different from the actual date of an event?
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2. What can radiometric dating tell us about the age of rocks that the Law of Superposition cannot?

3. How can you find the age of a layer of rock that is surrounded by layers of volcanic ash?

4. What do the periods in the geologic time scale represent?

5. What do the terms Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic mean?