Analyzing The Rock and Fossil Record Quiz

Order the features in the illustration from oldest to youngest.

• JKLM

• MJKL

• JKML

• MLKJ

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which geological principle must be assumed to determine the relative age of M?

• cross-cutting relationships

• inclusions

• superposition

• original horizontality

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is your absolute age? 

• specific age, ex. 13 years

• comparison age, ex. older or younger

What is your relative age? 

• specific age, ex. 13 years

• comparison age, ex. older or younger

The principle of uniformitarianism states that sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal layers

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The oldest rock layer in an undisturbed rock sequence occurs ____.

• Top of the sequence

• Middle of the sequence

• Bottom of the sequence

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The principle of ___________________ states that, in an undisturbed sequence, the oldest rocks are at the bottom of the sequence and successive layers are younger than those below them

• cross-cutting relationships

• superposition

• inclusions

• original horizontality

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The remains of living plants or animals are called fossils

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called ____.

• relative age dating

• absolute age dating

• radiometric dating

• radiocarbon dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The principle of superposition can be used to determine

• the relative age of these rock layers

• the actual age of these rock layers

• the relative densities of these rock layers

• the actual temperatures of these rock layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4