Analyzing Rock and Fossil Records

Which term refers to a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end?

• Process

• Formation

• Glacier

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What is the scientific definition of "Uniform"?

• A type of rock

• Consistent and unchanging

• A type of fossil

• A geological layer

Which term describes the principle that geological processes operating in the past were similar to those that occur now?

• Superposition

• Uniformitarianism

• Lateral continuity

• Original horizontality

What is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land called?

• Glacier

• Magma

• Intrusion

• Formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What term refers to the actual age of a rock or fossil in years?

• Relative age

• Absolute age

• Lateral age

• Horizontal age

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which term refers to the process of creating something new or the structure of something?

• Formation

• Disturb

• Superposition

• Intrusion

What term refers to the age of a rock or fossil compared to other rocks or fossils?

• Absolute age

• Relative age

• Lateral age

• Horizontal age

Which term means to interfere with the normal arrangement or position of something?

• Disturb

• Superposition

• Intrusion

• Formation

What principle states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest layers are at the bottom?

• Original horizontality

• Superposition

• Lateral continuity

• Cross-cutting relationships

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which principle states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally?

• Superposition

• Original horizontality

• Lateral continuity

• Cross-cutting relationships