Final Exam Review Geology Part 1

Which principle states that physical processes operating in the modern world are the same as those operated in the past?

• Uniformity

• Superposition

• Cross-cutting

True or false?

The principle idea behind uniformity is that the present is the key to the past.

• True

• False

Which of these are Principles of Uniformity?

• Cross-cutting

• Inclusions

• Baked-contact

• Fossil succession

• Superposition

True or false?

Original horizontality is not a principle of uniformity.

• True

• False

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True or false?

The law of superposition states that each layer of sedimentary rock must be younger than the one below it.

• True

• False

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Which principle is this?

Layers of sediment when first deposited are roughly horizontal.

• Superposition

• Baked-contact

• Original Horizontality

According to the principle of ____________, if one geologic feature cuts across another, the feature that has been cut is older.

• Inclusion

• Baked-contact

• Cross-cutting

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True or false?

A rock containing an inclusion must be older than the inclusion.

• True

• False

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What kind of rock bakes or metamorphosizes other sedimentary rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

According to the principle of baked contacts, the rock that has been baked is ______ than the intrusion.

• Older

• Younger

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