Quiz: Relative Dating & Correlation

This principle/law states that the present is the key to the past:

• Original Horizontality

• Unconformity

• Superposition

• Uniformitarianism

Which principle states that these sedimentary rock layers were originally deposited as horizontal sediment layers?

• Superposition

• Original Horizontality

• Cross-cutting

• Contact Metamorphism

Which principle states that the oldest sedimentary layers are deposited first, and should be found closest to the bottom?

• Superposition

• Original Horizontality

• Cross-cutting

• Contact Metamorphism

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How does sedimentary rock usually form?

• Vertically
• Diagonally
• Folding
• Horizontally

In what type of rock are most fossils found?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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

• fault

• igneous intrusion

• inclusion

• unconformity

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Which layer is OLDER? Layer M or Intrusion P?

• Layer M

• Intrusion P

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What rock in the Oldest?

• Conglomerate

• Shale

• Breccia

• Sandstone

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What is the last event to happen?

• Deposition of Breccia

• Igneous Intrusion

• Faulting

• Deposition of Limestone

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Using page 7 of your ESRT, what type of Metamorphic Rock would form at location A?

• Marble

• Slate

• Quartzite Sandstone

• Hornfels

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