FCHS Earth Systems Review: Stratigraphy

What is the age of a fault compared to the rock layers it cuts through?

• Younger

• Older

• Same age

• No way to tell

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following is NOT a principle used in relative dating?

• Original Horizontality

• Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Fossil Succession

• Carbon-14 Dating

In a rock sample, the Granite rock contains inclusions of Schist rock. Which rock formed first?

• Granite

• Schist

• Both are the same age

• Not enough information

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Granite is classified as a...

• Intrusion

• Extrusion

• Unconformity

• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the correct order of rock layers from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• B, A, D, E, C

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, E, D, A, B

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Relative age dating sorts geologic features based on...

• Absolute age

• Radioactivity

• Rock type

• Order/estimated age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which fossil layer is likely the youngest based on relative dating principles?

• Trilobites

• Ammonites

• Dinosaur footprints

• Brachiopods

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The red line in the rock layers is...

• Younger than the rock layers it intrudes on

• Older than the rock layers surrounding it

• A break in the rock layers due to erosion

• The first geologic feature in the rock layers

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Which environment would most likely contain limestone deposits? Hint: Limestone forms from calcium carbonate.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What does "the present is the key to the past" mean?

• Earth's current processes are unrelated to past geologic events

• Earth's present systems help us understand past geologic processes

• The past is too different from the present to compare

• Only sedimentary rocks can be used to interpret the past

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5