Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy

9th - 12th Grade

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30 Qs

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Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy

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Science

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9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A/an ______________ is a large gap in the age of the rock layers becuase rock layers are missing because they have been eroded.

intrusion

fault

unconformity

index fossil

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This law says that if a feature (fault, intrusion, etc) cuts across another feature, it is YOUNGER than the feature is cuts across.

Law of Original Horizontality

Law of Superposition

Law of Cross Cutting Relationships

Index Fossils

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This law says that sedimentary rock layers are ALWAYS deposited in flat layers

Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships

Law of Original Horizontality

Law of Superposition

Law of Index Fossils

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Based on the Law of Superposition, what can be concluded about fossils?

fossils give clues about past climate patterns
Fossils form from the hard parts of organisms
The oldest fossils are found in the lowest rock layers
The most recent fossils were advanced organisms

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

An intrusion is always ___________ than the rock layers around it and beneath it

younger

older

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

For the cross section of rock layers, put them in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST. 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the relative age of a rock?

The age determined by the things around it.
The age of an igneous rock.
The age determined by radioactive dating.
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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