Relative Rock Dating

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

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By saying: "I am older than my sister," is an example of which type of dating used in Geology:

• Relative Age/Dating

• Absolute Age/Dating

• Chronological Sibling Timelies

• Fossil Age/Dating

Determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events is called _____________.

• fossil

• geologic column

• relative dating

• super position

• unconformity

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers

• The age of fossils

• The relative age of rock layers

• the super powers of rocks

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Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

• F

• E

• B

• C

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Which law of geology tells you that layer A is older than layer B?

• law of horizontality

• law of really old dirt

• ice wedging

• law of superposition

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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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To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.

• True

• False

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Index fossils CAN tell us the age of a rock layer.

• True

• False

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Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get

• the smellier the rocks get

• the harder the rocks get

• the older the rocks get

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