Relative Rock Dating

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

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The numerical age, in years, of any object.

• absolute age

• relative age

• space age

• old age

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get
• the smellier the rocks get
• the harder the rocks get
• the older the rocks get

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

• Superposition
• Relative Dating
• Fossil
• Unconformity

Name this type of boundary

• Convergent boundary
• Divergent Boundary 
• Transform
• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Uses radioactive elements near the fossils to determine the actual age of the fossils.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8