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Interpreting Rock Layers
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6th Grade
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Cori Brisbois
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_________________________ is the true age of a rock.
Absolute Age of Rock
Relative Age of Rock
Cross Cutting Relationships
Principle of Inclusion
Law of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_________________________ 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
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_________________________ is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
_________________________ states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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