Stratigraphy Practice

List from youngest to oldest

• ECADB

• CABED

• BADCE

• BDACE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In this diagram, what scientific law tells us that rock layer E is older than rock layer C?

• Cross-cutting

• Superposition

• Inclusions

• Unconformities

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In this diagram, what scientific law tells us that rock layer C is older than rock layer A?

• Cross-cutting

• Inclusions

• Superposition

• Unconformities

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In the diagram, what scientific law tells us that rock layer D is older than rock layer B?

• Cross-cutting

• Inclusions

• Superposition

• Unconformities

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest 

• C,E,D,A,B
• C,E,D,A,B
• C,E, D,B,A

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Letter "F" is a....

• inclusion
• intrusion
• fault
• unconformity 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the relative age of a rock?

• The age determined by the things around it.
• The age of an igneous rock.
• The age determined by radioactive dating.
• The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

For the cross section of rock layers, put them in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST. 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What process is responsible for continually wearing away the Earth's surface?

• Erosion
• Faulting
• Deposition
• Folding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2