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WorksheetsLesson 1 Relative Dating Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Strata are mostly found:
Underground
On earth's surface
In oceans
In the atmosphere
According to the principle of superposition, younger strata form _____ older strata.
Below
Above
Next to
Around
Based on the thin layer of sediment on his flooded farm, James Hutton concluded that strata:
Are made of large rock
Settle in vertical layers
Are formed by catastrophes like floods and earthquakes
Take many thousands of years to form
William Smith connected strata in different locations by recognizing similar patterns of:
coal deposits
mine shafts
fossils
canals
The colors on a geologic map often indicate the _____ of rock layers.
depths
heights
ages
temperatures
Which idea associated with relative dating helped inspire Charles Darwin's work on evolution?
earth is extremely ancient
water and wind move sediments
older rock layers are farther from the surface
Strata can be folded and tilted over time
Relative dating can be used to do all of the following, except:
compare the ages of rock layers based on depth
correlate rock layers in different places
establish a timeline of events in Earth's history
Determine age in terms of years
Radiometric dating of rocks is used to determine:
relative age
absolute age
location
fossil content
Scientists currently estimate that Earth is approximately ____ years old.
6,000
96 million
200 million
4.5 billion
What is most likely true of all the strata from the Jurassic Period?
They contain rock from the Jura Mountains
They are more than one billion years old
They contain similar fossils
They do not contain sedimentary rock
