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Relative Dating

Authored by Rylleigh Harstad

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Relative Dating
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Law of crosscutting
Law of superposition
Relative Dating
Unconformity

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

The fault is younger than the rocks above it.
The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.
The fault is older than the rocks above it.
The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

Superposition
Relative Dating
Fossil
Unconformity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does sedimentary rock usually form?

Vertically
Diagonally
Folding
Horizontally

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...

fault
intrusion
inclusion
unconformity

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Letter "F" is a....

inclusion

intrusion

fault

unconformity

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