WorksheetsLesson 2 - Relative Dating
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Law of Superposition states that younger rocks lie _________ older ones.
a)
above
b)
below
c)
mixed within
d)
all the time to
2.
The Law of Crosscutting states that a fault or intrusion is __________ than the bodies of rock it cuts through.
a)
younger
b)
older
c)
funnier
d)
nastier
3.
How have the rocks been disturbed?
View the black layer in the middle...
a)
tilting
b)
folding
c)
faulting
d)
igneous intrusion
4.
How have the rocks been disturbed?
a)
tilting
b)
folding
c)
faulting
d)
igneous intrusion
5.
How have the rocks been disturbed?
a)
tilting
b)
folding
c)
faulting
d)
igneous intrusion
6.
How have the rocks been disturbed?
a)
tilting
b)
folding
c)
faulting
d)
igneous intrusion
7.
Which cannot be viewed in the diagram?
a)
tilting
b)
folding
c)
faulting
d)
igneous intrusion
8.
Which layer is the oldest ?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
D
d)
F
9.
Which letter indicates an igneous intrusion?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
10.
A is older than layer C
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
The fault is older than layer B.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
Relative dating determines the...
a)
precise age of fossils
b)
age of fossils compared to others
c)
climate fossils survived in
d)
movement of continents
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