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Geologic History 1
Test Description: Principles that guide in interpreting Earth History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The present is the key to the past describes
A
Principal of Horizontality
B
Principal of Superposition
C
Principal of cross cutting
D
Principal of Uniformity
2) The principal of superposition states that
A
The youngest event is on the top
B
The youngest event is on the bottom
C
Layers are deposited in horizontal layers
D
The present is the key to the past
3) Which event is older?
A
An igneous intrusion in a sedimentary rock
B
contact metamorphism on limestone
C
Sediments that make up a sedimentary rock
D
A sedimentary rock made of sediments
4) Which event is youngest?
A
All of the examples
B
An intrusion into sedimentary rocks
C
A fold in sedimentary rocks
D
A fault in sedimentary rocks
5) There are three rock layers. Layer A is above B. Layer B is above layer C. Which layer is the oldest layer?
A
A
B
C
C
B
6) How are sedimentary layers deposited?
A
Faulted
B
In flat horizontal layers
C
Folded
D
With intrusions
7) What is relative dating of rock layers?
A
The age of a rock layer in relation to other rock layers
B
The actual age of a rock layer
C
The decay product of an element
D
Age cannot be determined using rock layers
8) How can a rock layer on the top be older than a rock layer beneath it?
A
The rock layers were made of sediments
B
The rock layer was moved by man
C
The layers were deposited horizontally
D
The rock layers were folded over
9) Which event is youngest?
A
Sediments that make up a rock
B
An intrusion in the sedimentary rock
C
The rock made of sediments
D
The cement that binds the sediments
10) Contact metamorphism in rock layers will form a transition zone between which two rocks?
A
Siltstone and shale
B
Sandstone and granite
C
Basalt and granite
D
Limestone and sandstone
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