Earth Science Review

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L
• Intrusion D
• Intrusion H
• Layer E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

• Superposition
• Relative Dating
• Fossil
• Unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

• ridges
• trenches
• basins
• rifts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name this type of boundary

• Convergent boundary
• Divergent Boundary 
• Transform
• Volcanoes

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
• only absolute dating finds the age in years
• only relative dating finds the age in years

Close contour lines indicate

• steep slope

• gradual slope

Spread out contour lines indicate

• steep slope

• gradual slope

What is the contour interval?

• 5

• 10

• 100

• 500