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Relative Age Dating

Authored by Elizabeth Norris

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 14+ times

Relative Age Dating
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to scientists, the Earth is approximately this many years old.

4.6 billion

13.7 billion

7.0 billion

5.0 billion

3.4 million

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

He was a Scottish naturalist and farmer who came up with the Principle of Uniformitarianism. He is considered the person who developed the idea of geologic time and proposed that the Earth was much older than people thought at the time.

James Hutton

Nicolaus Steno

James Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Tesla

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to this Principle, geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past.

Uniformitarianism

Superposition

Original Horizontality

Lateral Continuity

Cross-Cutting Relationships

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the actual age of something.

absolute age

relative age

superposition

uniform

fossils

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the age of rocks and geologic features as compared with other rocks and geologic features nearby.

relative age

absolute age

superposition

cross-cutting relationships

inclusions

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to this Principle, in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom.

Superposition

Original Horizontality

Lateral Continuity

Cross-cutting Relationships

Uniformitarianism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to this Principle, sediments are deposited in large, flat sheets.

Original Horizontality

Superposition

Lateral Continuity

Cross-Cutting Relationships

Inclusion

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