8 Rock Record Practice

8 Rock Record Practice

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Science, Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Jeff Dwaine

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When scientists compare things to determine which geological artifacts are older or younger, this is called ____________.

Back

Relative aging

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Scientific study of rock layers

Back

Stratigraphy

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What scientific law tells us that in rock strata, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at top?

Back

Superposition

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Fossils such as footprints, burrows or droppings.

Back

Trace fossils

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.

Back

Unconformity

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Fossils made from organisms that were fairly common and existed only during a certain span of time, used to determine the age of rock layers.

Back

Index Fossils

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What scientific law tells us that if one rock layer contains pieces or fragments of another rock layer, then the fragments will be older than the rock layer that surrounds it?

Back

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