ES 12.1 Formative

What principle states that the physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the geologic past?

• uniformitarianism

• theory of evolution

• principle of original horizontality

• law of superposition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the name of the process that matches rocks of similar ages in different regions?

• indexing

• correlation

• succession

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The method that geologists use to place rocks in chronological order.

• superposition

• correlation

• relative dating

• horizontality

The idea that in an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks, each layer is older than the one above it.

• correlation

• uniformitarianism

• law of superposition

• relative dating

Principle that states sediment is generally deposited in flat, horizontal layers.

• uniformitarianism

• original horizontality

• cross-cutting relationships

• superposition

Principle that a fault or intrusion must be younger than any geologic formation through which it cuts.

• cross-cutting relationships

• original horizontality

• superposition

• uniformitarianism

Which is OLDER, rock layer B or intrusion D?

• B

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is OLDER, rock layer B or rock layer A?

• B

• A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is OLDER, intrusion D or fault E?

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Arrange in order from OLDEST (1) to YOUNGEST (5).

• 4

• A

• 2

• D

• 3

• C

• 5

• B

• 1

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4