RELATIVE DATING ESS1-4

Front

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

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Law of superposition

Front

How does the law of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

Back

The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.

Front

What is the last event to happen? Options: Deposition of Breccia, Igneous Intrusion, Faulting, Deposition of Limestone

Back

Faulting

Front

List the layers in order from oldest to youngest: A, B, C, D, E

Back

E, B, C, D, A

Front

Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

Back

Intrusion D

Front

Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects

Back

Relative Dating

Front

Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago

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Fossil

Front

How does sedimentary rock usually form?

Back

Horizontally

Front

According to Wegener's hypothesis (pangaea) of continental drift,

Back

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

Front

Where is the youngest material of the ocean floor found?

Back

mid-ocean ridges