7.2.6 Evidence for Age of Earth

Which geologic principle states that sedimentary rocks are deposited in flat layers?

• Law of original continuity

• Law of cross-cutting

• Law of superposition

• Law or Original Horizontality

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which geologic principle states that sedimentary rocks are deposited in flat layers?

• Law of original continuity

• Law of cross-cutting

• Law of superposition

• Law or Original Horizontality

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The law of superposition allows geologists to determine ___________ dates on geographic timelines. 

• relative

• 
  exact

• probability

• conventional

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A geologist discovered a fossil in a layer of rock.  This fossil is an index fossil.  What can they determine from this fossil?

• The absolute age of the rock that contains the fossil 

• The day that organism, that created the fossil, died

• The relative age of the rock that contains the fossil

• The moments that occurred before that organism died

The law of superposition allows geologists to determine ___________ dates on geographic timelines. 

• relative

• 
  exact

• probability

• conventional

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

States that in sedimentary environments, sediments are laid down in flat, horizontal layers

• Law of Original Horizontality

• Law of Cross-Cutting

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

States that in sedimentary environments, sediments are laid down in flat, horizontal layers

• Law of Original Horizontality

• Law of Cross-Cutting

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

States that in undisturbed sedimentary environments layers at the bottom are older than layers on top

• Law of Cross-Cutting

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Uniformitarianism

• Unconformities

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The history of life recorded as the remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods preserved in sedimentary rock

• Fossil Record

• Rock Strata

• Unconformities

• Youngest on top, oldest at the bottom

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The history of life recorded as the remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods preserved in sedimentary rock

• Fossil Record

• Rock Strata

• Unconformities

• Youngest on top, oldest at the bottom

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2