Relative Dating Study Guide

The science of determining the relative age of rock layers and/or fossils

within those rock layers based on the comparative positions of those rock layers.

• Layer Dating

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Radiometric Dating

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Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which layer is the youngest?

• D

• C

• A

• B

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Which of the following is true?

• A fault is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• A fault is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the fault that cuts through it.

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Which of the following is true?

• An intrusion is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• An intrusion is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the intrusion that cuts through it.

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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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Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E
• E, B, C, D, A
• E, D, C, B, A
• C, B, A, D, E

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Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

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Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

• Intrusion M

• Layer D

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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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