Rock Layers Review (note: click on images to enlarge. No timer!)

Which layer is the oldest? 

• c

• a

• b

• d

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Select the order of formation from oldest to youngest

• EDABC

• CBAED

• CBADE

• ABCDE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Letters A, B, and C are most likely....

• Igneous rock

• Water

• Sedimentary rock

• Gold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Letter D must represent...

• a sedimentary rock

• an uplift

• a faulting/earthquake event

• igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Letters Q, O, N, M, and L must have been part of an...

• Igneous Intrusion

• Folding event

• Uplift event

• Old Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Layers C, D, E, and F are exposed on a hillside to the left of the image. These layers were exposed due to....

• Erosion

• Igneous intrusion

• Folding

• Sedimentary rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This diagram shows the rock layers that have formed in Zion National Park. According to this diagram, the oldest layer is the ___BLANK___ formation.

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to this diagram, it appears that no igneous intrusions occurred in this area of Zion National Park.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

We know that layers will decrease in age as we go up through a particular geological cross section. We call this the...

• Law of cross cutting relationships

• Law of superposition

• Law of original horizontality

• Law of the land

We know that layers of sedimentary rock will form in flat stacks. If they are curved, tilted or cracked, some event must have occurred. We know they must form flat at first due to the...

• Law of cross cutting relationships

• Law of superposition

• Law of original horizontality

• Law of the land