Geo. Time Quiz 1/30

First & Last Name

What does the principle of superposition tell us?

• if pieces of another rock attach to a new rock, the pieces are older
• oldest layer of rocks is on the top
• oldest layer of rocks in on the bottom
• the answer is not here

What does the principle of inclusions tell us?

• if pieces of another rock attach to a new rock, the pieces are older
• oldest layer of rocks is on the top
• oldest layer of rocks in on the bottom
• if pieces of another rock attach to a new rock, the pieces are younger

The actual age of an event

• uniformitarianism
• relative age
• estimated age
• absolute age

The scientific term for the estimated age of geological events

• uniformitarianism
• relative age
• estimated age
• absolute age

The scientific term that tells us the same geological processes that happened in the past still happen today

• uniformitarianism
• relative age
• estimated age
• absolute age
• inclusions

Imagine a rock with 20 layers. Layer one is on the bottom and layer twenty is at the top. Which layer is the oldest?

• ten
• twenty
• fifteen
• one

Imagine a rock with 20 layers. Layer one is on the bottom and layer twenty is at the top. Which layer is the youngest?

• ten
• twenty
• fifteen
• one

Why are dinosaur fossils not usually found in the youngest layers of rock?

• dinosaurs are too big to fit in the top layers
• dinosaurs went extinct a very long time ago
• dinosaur fossils don't exist in rocks
• the answer is not here

Ancient remains of living things/animals found in rocks

• inclusions
• superpositions
• fossils
• relative ages