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WorksheetsRelative Dating
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 9mins
Law of Superposition states the oldest fossils are found
What is the Geological Time Scale?
A chronological scale of the history of rocks and fossils.
What do scientists use to figure out the relative age of rocks and fossils?
Law of Superposition
Law of Absolute Dating
Law of Geological Time Scale
Law of Radiometric Dating
When scientists use logic and approximate age, what type of dating do they use?
What does the Law of Superposition help scientists determine?
What does relative dating of rocks tells us the deeper we dig?
Which is the youngest layer?
Which is the youngest rock layer?
Which is the third oldest layer?
Which is the second oldest layer?
A scientist studies a geologic cross section of rock layers in a region. The rock layers have not been disturbed by any faulting, folding, or tilting.
Which statement is a correct inference?
The image shows the unturned layers of sedimentary rocks with embedded fossils.
A student labels the fossils from 1 to 4. What could be true about the fossils?
Fossil 1 is younger than fossil 2.
Fossil 4 is older than fossil 3.
Fossil 3 is older than Fossil 2.
Fossil 1 is older than Fossil 4.
A geologist is studying a geologic cross section of rock layers in a national park. The rock layers appear to be well preserved and undisturbed.
Which statement best identifies the oldest rock layer in the cross section?
Look at the diagram, what layer did animal E first show up in?
Layer #4
Layer #5
Layer #6
Layer #8
The diagram shows a geologic cross-section from a region.
What are the relative ages of the rocks from oldest to youngest ?
Which layer(s) supports that the land was covered by water?
Which layer(s) support that the land was exposed to air?
D, F, G
What is the relative age of the rocks from youngest to oldest?
What is the relative age of the rocks oldest to youngest?
