Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects

• Superposition

• Relative Dating

• Fossil

• Unconformity

What states that a fault or a body of rocks must be younger than any feature or layer of rock that the fault or rock body cuts through?

• Unconformity

• Intrusion

• Law of superposition

• Law of crosscutting

Scientific study of rock layers

• Archeology

• Stratigraphy

• Paleontology

• Geology

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Which of the following are laws we use in relative dating?

• Principle of Cross-Cutting

• Law of Original Horizontality

• Law of Superposition

• Contact Metamorphism

• Steno's Law

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Which layer is younger, #2 or #3

• 2

• 3

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Which layer is older, Layer B or Layer I?

• Layer B

• Layer I

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Which rock layer could be considered to be the youngest?

• H

• D

• G

• E

• I

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Which layer could be considered to be the oldest?

• H

• D

• C

• A

• G

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Which layer is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• F

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Which layer could be considered the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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