3.5: Relative Dating

Multiple Choice

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• extinct

• endangered

• minerals

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• fossils

Multiple Choice

To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

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

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

Multiple Choice

_{Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?}

• F
• E
• B
• C

Multiple Choice

Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A fault is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• A fault is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the fault that cuts through it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• An igneous intrusion is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• An igneous intrusion is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the intrusion that cuts through it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E
• E, B, C, D, A
• E, D, C, B, A
• C, B, A, D, E

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