Question

If someone wanted to analyze a set of tree rings but didn't know when the tree lived, how could they find out?

1.Use carbon-14 dating methods on the organic wood sample.
2.By which analyzing which historic layer of rock or dirt the tree was found in.
3.Find a tree that matched the ring pattern.
4.Estimate how old the tree was by the condition of the wood.

Answer 1

number one use carbon 14

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon-14 testing of organic material such as wood can approximate the age by measuring the radioactive decay rate of the carbon-14 in the wood. From that a baseline for the trees age can be established and the ring patterns can by applied to a time period.