Relative Age of Rocks

The age of rock compared to the ages of other rocks

• extrusion

• relative age

• absolute age

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the age of rock given the number of years since the rock formed

• index fossil

• relative age

• absolute age

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during a geologically short period

• absolute age

• extrusion

• unconformity

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the geologic principle that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the rock above it and younger than the rock below it

• erosion

• absolute age

• law of superposition

• relative age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rock layers can be disturbed by

• Extrusians

• Unconformity

• Eroision

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A break in the Earth's crust along which rocks move

• relative age

• unconformity

• fault

• folding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Look at the picture. Which fossil is most likely older?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Look at the picture. Which fossil is most likely younger?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Issac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the theory of Continental Drift?

• The continents have always stayed in their current location.

• The continents had once been joined in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

• The same fossils of plants and animals can be found on the same continents.

• New crust is being created at mid-ocean ridges and is pushing away old crust.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3