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Relative Dating
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Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How are rock layers arranged in the geologic column?
A
Youngest rocks are in the middle.
B
Youngest rocks are on the bottom.
C
Oldest rocks are on the top
D
Oldest rocks are on the bottom.
2) Which one of the following is NOT a type of disturbance?
A
breaking
B
tilting
C
fault
D
intrusion
3) This type of unconformity exists when a layer or multiple layers of rock is missing.
A
nonconformity
B
disconformity
C
disturbance
D
angular unconformity
4) This type of unconformity exists when undisturbed layers are on top of folded or tilted layers.
A
disconformity
B
nonconformity
C
disturbance
D
angular unconformity
5) Where can the geologic column be found?
A
Antarctica
B
Africa
C
nowhere
D
South America
6) Disturbances are always _______________ than the layers in which they exist.
A
older
B
prettier
C
younger
D
the same age
7) When deposition stops for a while and restarts, an unconformity is created by
A
erosion
B
nondeposition
8) A break in the geologic record
A
unconformity
B
relative dating
C
erosion
D
superposition
9) The rule that tells us that younger rocks lie on top of older rocks.
A
relative dating
B
superposition
C
erosion
D
unconformity
10) A type of disturbance causing rock layers to be bent and buckled
A
folding
B
fault
C
tilting
D
intrusion
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