Rock Layers (Geological Time)

Rock Layers

Geological Time

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Arrangement of events used as a measure of the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.

• Geological Time Scale

• Deposition

• Relative Dating

• Weathering

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Rock that forms when sediment from erosion is compressed together.

• Deposition

• Sedimentary Rock

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When small pieces of rock (sediment) are moved around by wind and/or water.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentary Rock

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When sediment stops moving and collects in a new area.

• Relative Dating

• Deposition

• Weathering

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When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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When molten rock from inside Earth moves through cracks in the rock layers. This molten rock will sometimes reach and break through the surface.

• Fossil

• Geological Time Scale

• Intrusion

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The age of something based on its placement.

• Plate tectonics

• Relative Dating

• Fossil

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The exact age of something.

• Geological Time Scale

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

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Evidence of past life that have been preserved in rocks.

• Erotion

• Plate Tectonics

• Fossil

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The movement of Earth’s plates that can cause rock layers to move.

• Intrusion

• Plate Tectonics

• Relative Dating