09.22.23 Vocabulary Quiz

First Name

Number

• 101
• 102
• 103
• 104
• 105

uniformitarianism

• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom
• most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers

absolute age

• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom
• most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers

relative age

• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom
• most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers

superposition

• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers

original horizontality

• most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom

lateral continuity

• sediments are deposited in large, continuous sheets in all lateral directions
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom

inclusion

• a piece of an older rock that become a part of a new rock
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom

cross-cutting relationships

• one geologic feature cuts across another feature, the feature that it cuts across is older
• geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occured in the past
• the numerical age, in years, of a rock or object
• the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other nearby rocks and features
• in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rock are on the bottom