The oldest rocks would be ......

• at the top
• in the middle
• at the bottom

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Age compared to the ages of other rocks.

• relative dating
• absolute dating

Number of years that have passed since the rock formed.

• relative dating
• absolute dating

Undisturbed horizontal sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.

• The Law of Superposition
• The Law of Layers
• Newton's 3rd law
• The Law of Rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The igneous intrusion is lighter in the picture on the left. That mean's it is ____________________ than than the surrounding rock.

• older
• younger

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A fault is always younger than the rock it cuts through.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Certain fossils help geologists to match and date rock layers, even if those layers are far apart or in different locations.

• aged fossils
• pointer fossils
• folder fossils
• index fossils

Layer A has the same index fossils. This means that bottom layer at each location was probably formed at _____________ time.

• a different
• the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The geologic record of sedimentary rock layers is complete.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What can affect the geologic record?

• faults
• erosion
• folding
• overturing
• All of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2