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1) Why didn't each group get the same results?

 

2) Which follows the mathematically calculated line better, your group's results, or the class average? Why?

 

3) Did you have an easier time predicting the results when there were a lot of pieces of candy in the cup, or when there were very few? Why?

 

1) Based on the available radiometric ages, can you determine the possible age of the rock unit that has acritarchs and bacteria? What is it? Why can't you say exactly what the age of the rock is?


 

 

 

 

 

2) Can you determine the possible age of the rock unit that has trilobites? What is it? Why can't you say exactly what the age of the rock is?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) What is the age of the rock that contains the Triceratops fossils? Why can you be more precise about the age of this rock than you could about the ages of the rock that has the trilobites and the rock with acritarchs and bacteria?