Relative Dating Check for Understanding

Which came LAST?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

If intrusion D came after A, B, & C, what would you expect to see around the intrusion?

• contact metamorphism

• uplift, weathering & erosion

• subsidence

• overturning

Which statement is TRUE?

• 1 came before 2

• 6 came before n 5

• 3 came before 2

• 4 came before 3

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is a possible correct order?

• AFEDCBGH

• FEDCBAHG

• FEDCBAGH

• HGFEDCBA

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If a layer is flat, it must have formed...

• underwater

• above ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

If there is a "bumpy" layer, then that rock must have been...

• weathered & eroded, then uplifted

• uplifted, then weathered & eroded

• weathered and eroded underwater

• uplifted but not weathered and eroded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When a rock layer has been uplifted, weathered & eroded, and then subsides back under water, a(n) _____ is formed.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The law of uniformitarianism states that...

• older layers are on the bottom.

• flat layers form underwater.

• processes of the past are the same as today's.

• rocks inside other rocks are older than the surrounding rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of rock is B?

• sandstone

• limestone

• conglomerate

• shale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What rock would be formed by the contact metamorphism of the Limestone (F)?

• quartzite

• metaconglomerate

• coal

• marble