Review Game Zone
Games
Test
Preview
Back
Match it!
Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!
Which of the following best describes the principle of superposition?
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
Listed from bottom to top, which of the following sequences would be rock layers that were not overturned?
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
Devonian bedrock is found on top of Carboniferous bedrock. Which of the following would be true?
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
The matching up of rock layers based upon similar fossils, rock sequence and rock type is called
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
The principle of Uniformitarianism means that
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
Contact metamorphism, when found within rock layers, is proof that
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
According to the rule of cross-cutting, a fault is always ___________ the rock layers it cuts through.
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
The index fossil, Hexamoceras, is found in a layer of shale. If no overturning has occurred, what index fossil could be found in the rock layers found below it
The rock it made contact with is older
correlation
The oldest rocks are found at the bottom of rock layers, unless overturning has occurred.
younger than
Cryptolithus
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
The rock layers were overturned.
The geologic events that we see happening today have happened in the past
Check it!
Match it!
Match it!