Relative and Absolute Dating Quiz Review

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...

• era
• age
• half-life
• eon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A
• B
• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The statement that the oldest layer will be at the bottom in an undisturbed sequence of rock layers is called the Principle of ....

• Inclusions
• Unconformities
• Cross-Cutting Relationships
• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states that an igneous intrusion is 

• always younger than the layers it cuts across
• always older than the layers it cuts across
• the same age as the rock it melted
• none of the answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does sedimentary rock usually form?

• Vertically

• Folding

• Diagonally

• Horizontally

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are ERODED over a long period of time

• superposition

• relative dating

• unconformity

• cross-cutting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What scientific law tells us that if one rock layer contains pieces or fragments of another rock layer, then the fragments will be older than the rock layer that surrounds it.

• Cross-cutting

• Original Horizontality

• Unconformities

• Inclusions

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Match the following unconformities

• Angular Unconformity

• Tilted or folded beds below unconformty

• Disconformity

• parallel beds with sedimentary rock on top and below unconformity

• Nonconformity

• parallel beds with sedimentary rock on top and igneous/metamorphic on bottom

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4