Determining Earth's Age Quiz #1

TRUE or FALSE: Relative age describes the age of one object or event compared to another object or event.

• True

• False

____ age describes the actual age of an object or event.

• Absolute

• Relative

• Epoch

• Tectonic

Using the 5 letters in the given diagram, which layer is oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Using the 5 letters in the given diagram, which is youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the Principal of Superposition?

• The oldest rocks are at the top of the sequence and the youngest are at the bottom

• The rocks at the bottom of the sequence must be super strong to support those above

• The youngest rocks are at the top of the sequence and the oldest are at the bottom

• The forcing of molten rock into an earlier formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the principal of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

• The fault is younger than the rocks above it.

• The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.

• The fault is older than the rocks above it.

• The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

The geologic principle that Earth's processes act in the same manner today as they always have throughout Earth's history

• catastrophism

• gradualism

• uniformitarianism

Select all the answers that apply.

Biological evidence of the age of the earth includes _____.

• fossil evidence

• gradual processes of rock formation

• comparative anatomy

• molecular clocks

• radioactive dating of rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to the ________sediment deposited into water will spread in a horizontal and continuous sheet

• law of original lateral continuity

• law of original horizontaility

• law of faunal and floral succession

• law of crosscutting (or intrusive) relationships

The law that states in a sequence of layered rocks, the crosscut, or intrusive feature, is younger than the layers it intercedes is the __________.

• law of original horizontality

• law of superposition

• law of faunal and floral succession

• law of cross-cutting (or intrusive) relationships