Rock Strata and Patterns

repeating characteristics or events

• patterns

• trilobite

• evidence

• key bed

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layer of rock that scientists can clearly identify

• fossil

• index fossil

• key bed

• strata

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According to the principle of superposition, younger strata form _____ older strata.

• Below

• Above

• Next to

• Around

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Strata are mostly found:

• Underground

• On earth's surface

• In oceans

• In the atmosphere

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Based on the thin layer of sediment on his flooded farm, James Hutton concluded that strata:

• Are made of large rock

• Settle in vertical layers

• Are formed by catastrophes like floods and earthquakes

• Take many thousands of years to form

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William Smith connected strata in different locations by recognizing similar patterns of:

• coal deposits

• mine shafts

• fossils

• canals

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The colors on a geologic map often indicate the _____ of rock layers.

• depths

• heights

• ages

• temperatures

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Which idea associated with relative dating helped inspire Charles Darwin's work on evolution?

• earth is extremely ancient

• water and wind move sediments

• older rock layers are farther from the surface

• Strata can be folded and tilted over time

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What is most likely true of all the strata from the Jurassic Period?

• They contain rock from the Jura Mountains

• They are more than one billion years old

• They contain similar fossils

• They do not contain sedimentary rock

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Relative dating can be used to do all of the following, except:

• compare the ages of rock layers based on depth

• correlate rock layers in different places

• establish a timeline of events in Earth's history

• Determine age in terms of years

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