Relative Dating/Fossils Practice

Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following is tue?

• A fault is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• A fault is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the fault that cuts through it.

Which of the following is tue?

• An igneous intrusion is older than the rock layers that it goes through.

• An igneous intrusion is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.

• The rock layers are younger than the intrusion that cuts through it.

What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E
• E, B, C, D, A
• E, D, C, B, A
• C, B, A, D, E

Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

• Intrusion M

• Layer D

How have the rocks been disturbed?

• tilting
• folding
• faulting
• igneous intrusion

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

The oldest rock layer in an undisturbed rock sequence occurs ____.

• at the bottom of a sequence

• below the sedimentary rock layer

• at the top of a sequence

• below the unconformity