Relative Age Dating and Correlation

In order for an event to affect a rock, the rock must exist first.

• True
• False

Sediment normally accumulates in vertical layers.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Geologic features, such as faults, and igneous intrusions are younger than the rocks they cut because the events like folding and faulting must occur first before a rock can exist.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If one rock body contains fragments of another rock body, it must be younger than the fragments of rock it contains.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following happened most recently?

• A. Deposition of Unit C
• B. Deposition of Unit B
• C. Deposition of Unit F
• D. Tilting of C, D, E, and F

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Put the layers seen here in order OLDEST to YOUNGEST

• B-A-D-E-C

• C-E-D-A-B

• C-E-D-B-A

• A-B-C-D-E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Put the layers/events in the diagram in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST.

• B-C-D-A-M-E-F-G-H

• E-M-A-D-C-B-H-G-F

• H-G-F-E-M-A-D-C-B

• H-G-A-D-C-B-F-E-M

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

• Intrusion M

• Layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded over a long period of time

• Law of Superposition
• Law of Crosscutting
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity