Which information is provided by absolute dating that cannot be provided by relative dating?

Absolute dating provides the accurate age of a fossil which relative dating cannot.

Explanation:

Two methods of dating falls under the study of geology, one is absolute and the other is relative dating. Both the processes evaluate the period and age of a rock or fossil.

In the absolute process the age in number of a sample rock can be determine and relative process determines the relative age by observing the surrounding layers.

Absolute one is performed with various methods, like- radiometric dating, amino acid dating etc. and relative involves- stratigraphy, cross dating etc.

step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.