Unit 5 Vocab Quiz

the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes.

• Uniformitarianism

• Law of superposition

• relative dating

• absolute dating

The youngest rocks are on the top and the oldest rocks are on the bottom.

• relative dating

• law of cross-cutting relationships

• law of superposition

• uniformitarianism

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is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers and layering

• stratigraphy

• geology

• paleantology

• fossilology

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any feature that cuts across a rock or layer or sediment is younger than the rock or layer it cuts through.

• extrusion

• intrusion

• faults

• laws of cross-cutting relationships

fossils that are used to identify the age of the rocks

• ground fossil

• inter fossil

• index fossil

• fossils

is a break in the Earth's crust

• fault

• intrusion

• extrusion

• index fossil

the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived in the past

• index fossils

• fossils

• trilobites

• sedimentary rocks

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a type of rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies.

• fossil

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

are rocks that have changed from their original form due to intense heat and pressure

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• fossil

are formed when sediments, like organic or mineral particles, settle on Earth's surface and are cemented together.

• metamorhpic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• index fossil

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