Continual questioning of observations.
One method I know of is comparing a sample of the rock to other samples which the scientist already knows the age of. I forgot what this method is called but I know it's used by lazy scientists that use other scientist findings like the age of a rock to compare to their own work
Answers 1-15. I didn’t know if you needed a letter or not so I just put it just in case.
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