
Earth Science - Stratigraphy Quiz
Authored by Jeffrey Shaffer
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This discipline of Earth Science is devoted to the order and relative position of rock strata, and their relationships to the geologic time scale and Earth history.
Petrology
Stratigraphy
Paleontology
Geodyanmics
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What principle of stratigraphy does the image display?
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Law of Lateral Continuity
Law of Original Horizontality
Law of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Here, we see a sequence of sedimentary rock strata. Using which stratigraphic principle, how do we know that these layers have yet to be subjected to geologic processes of deformation?
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationsips
Law of Lateral Continuity
Law of Original Horizontality
Law of Superposition
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In this image, we see two rock towers that appear to express the same sequences of sediments. Using the ________, young geologists can infer that these separated layers were once joined as one larger layer.
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Law of Lateral Continuity
Law of Original Horizontality
Law of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using the Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships, a young geologist like yourself can infer that the darker layer of vertical rock is ________ than the lighter, more massive rocks behind it.
Younger
Older
Of equal relative age
Answer can't be determined
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Here, relative ages of sedimentary rock strata are extrapolated using assemblages of fossils that are expressed in individual layers. What principle of stratigraphy is used to make these inferences?
Law of Superposition
Law of Lateral Continuity
Law of Faunal Succession
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using your newfound skills involving the principles of stratigraphy, order the geologic sequence of events from oldest to youngest using the associated letter codes (e.g. C → A → B → E → D).
C → B → A → D → E
E → D → C → B → A
C → B → D → A → E
D → C → B → A → E
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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