Relative Age of Rocks

Fossils are found in ____________________________ rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Granite

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The preserved remains of an organism from long ago is called a ___________

• stratum

• clast

• fossil

• relative age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The theory that undisturbed layers of rock have the oldest layers on the bottom and the youngest on the top is called ______

• fossil record

• rock cycle

• law of superposition

• stratum

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An estimation of a age made by comparing position of two objects is called:

• rock cycle

• fossil record

• relative age

• clast record

An estimation of a age made by comparing position of two objects is called:

• rock cycle

• fossil record

• relative age

• clast record

The number of years that have passed since the rock formed is the rock's

• relative age
• law of superposition
• absolute age
• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock's

• absolute age
• geologic age
• sedimentary age
• relative age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A formation of igneous rock on Earth's surface is known as 

• a gap
• an intrusion
• a fault
• an extrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A formation of igneous rock on Earth's surface is known as 

• a gap
• an intrusion
• a fault
• an extrusion

Geologists use the law of _________ to determine the relative ages of sedimentary rock layers.

• geology
• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4