Rock Record

The principle of __________________states that, in an undisturbed sequence, the oldest rocks are at the bottom of the sequence and successive layers are younger than those below them.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called ____.

• absolute age dating

• radiometric dating

• relative age dating

• radiocarbon dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What geologic principle(or law) is best displayed here?

• Superposition

• Original horizontality

• Cross-cutting relationships

• Inclusions

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which principle states that sediments spread out flat, in all directions, until they either thin out or run into a barrier.

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of original horizontality

• Principle of original lateral continuity

The idea that sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal layers unless disturbed by forces within the Earth can best be explained by which principle?

• Principle of horizontality

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of original lateral continuity

What is the idea that geologic processes are occurring now are the same as those that occurred in the past?

• Unconformities

• Uniformitarianism

• Epicism

What type of dating indicates an approximate age of a fossil in relationship to other layers of rock in an area?

• Relative dating

• Absolute Dating

What type of dating indicates a specific age of a rock?

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

In layers of sedimentary rock, the _________ layer is usually at the bottom. Each higher layer is _________ than the layers below it.

• oldest, younger

• youngest, older

• youngest, younger

• oldest, older

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Inclusions are younger than the formation of sedimentary rock layers that surround them.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4