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How are scientists able to measure the age of earth?

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By using relative dating! Scientists can find the age of a rock by using the law of superposition, which finds the relative age of a rock. The relative age of something is an estimate of how old something is. For example, "This rock looks to be around 1,000 years old!" At the end, you can make connections and eventually find a precise estimate to how old the Earth is.

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I hope this helps! (This is in my own words, by the way) :>

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Through the uranium-lead dating, you can establish the age of rocks that formed from 1 million years ago to 4.5 billion years with enough precision. Dating meteorites using this method, It is possible to establish the age of the earth, since these are pieces that are present since the formation of the solar system, so they are approximately the same age as the Earth.

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