Rock Layers Bell Ringer

The Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states that an igneous intrusion is 

• always younger than the layers it cuts across
• always older than the layers it cuts across
• the same age as the rock it melted
• none of the answers are correct

The statement that the oldest layer will be at the bottom in an undisturbed sequence of rock layers is called the Principle of ....

• Inclusions
• Unconformities
• Cross-Cutting Relationships
• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Relative age dating is used to determine the...

• actual age of an event
• length of time between two events
• age of one event in comparison with other events
• rate at which a gologic process occurs

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...

• fault
• intrusion
• inclusion
• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Letter "A" is an....

• inclusion
• intrusion
• fault
• unconformity 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists
• sweet geology music
• the known history of rocks and fossils
• a list of every living thing ever

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Species that existed on Earth for a short length of time, were abundant, and inhabited many locations

• unconformity

• correlation

• index fossil

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Surface where rock has eroded away, producing a break in the rock record

• correlation

• inclusion

• superposition

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Dying out of many species on Earth within a short period of time

• Petrified

• catastrophism

• uncomformity

• mass extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1