Relative Dating Practice

Which layer is oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...

• fault

• intrusion

• inclusion

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the law of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

• The fault is younger than the rocks above it.

• The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.

• The fault is older than the rocks above it.

• The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

• Intrusion M

• Layer D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Layer B on side #1 (left) is a match to which layer on side #2 (right)?

• z

• y

• w

• there is no match

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Reorder the letters from oldest to youngest

• P

• R

• F

• X

• M

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Reorder the letters from oldest to youngest

• B

• D

• C

• E

• G

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Isotope

• Speed Dating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

A principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed.

• geology

• The geologic column

• The fossil record

• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4