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Key Terms Practice 1 - T1

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Science

8th Grade

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Key Terms Practice 1 - T1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Relative age dating describes the process of determining the age of rock layers by __________.

A. doing scientific experiments

B. drawing their layers

C. comparing their layers

D. all of the the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Absolute age dating of rock layers determines their age in numbers.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which one is NOT a Principle of Relative Age Dating?

Intrusion

Vertically

Superposition

Lateral continuity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

_________ is the principle that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom.

Intrusion

Superposition

Powerful position

Lateral continuity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

__________________ most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers.

Original horizontality

Superposition

Lateral continuity

Inclusion

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

if one geologic feature cuts across another feature, the feature that it cuts across is older

Original horizontality

Superposition

Lateral continuity

Cross-cutting relationship

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

____________ is when a piece of an older rock that becomes part of a new rock.

Original horizontality

Superposition

Lateral continuity

Inclusion

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