Earth History EOG Vocab Quiz

Outer layer of the Earth

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

Rock formed by cooling and solidifying of magma or lava

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Portion of Earth between the crust and core

• magma

• lava

• mantle

• sediment

Rock formed from another rock type

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Rock formed through deposition of sediment

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Remains or impression of an organism preserved in petrified rock

• sediment

• fragment

• filament

• fossil

The law that states that younger rock layers are found above older rock layers

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Inclusions

• Law of Cross-Cutting

Sample from accumulated ice to study Earth history

• ice core

• gas pocket

• sedimentary rock

Science of the physical composition of Earth

• Geography

• Geobotany

• Geosynchrony

• Geology

Using surrounding evidence to estimate the age of rock

• Absolute age

• Relative age

• Radioactive dating