Interpreting Rock Layers

A geologist in Asia and a geologist in Europe find the same arrangement of fossils in rock layers, they both infer that the rock layers formed at the same time. The geologist are using ___________________________ to support their inference.

• Relative Age of Rock

• Law of Superposition

• Absolute Age of Rock

• Faunal Succession/Correlation

• Cross Cutting Relationships

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A geologist finds large chunks of granite in layer of sedimentary rock. The geologist know that the granite is older because of the ___________________________.

• Relative Age of Rock

• Law of Superposition

• Principle of Inclusion

• Cross Cutting Relationships

• Absolute Age of Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Erosion is a major cause of ___________________________ by erasing entire rock layers.

• Relative Age of Rock

• Law of Superposition

• Cross Cutting Relationships

• Absolute Age of Rock

• Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________________________ is the true age of a rock.

• Absolute Age of Rock

• Relative Age of Rock

• Cross Cutting Relationships

• Principle of Inclusion

• Law of Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_________________________ states that in any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest layer is on top and the oldest on bottom.

• Law of Superposition

• Principle of Inclusion

• Relative Age of Rock

• Cross Cutting Relationships

• Absolute Age of Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_________________________ is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_________________________ states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_________________________ is a principle of geology that states that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two features.

_________________________ is the science of determining the order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The ___________________________ is a useful tool for scientists to use as a reference when trying to identify fossils.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2