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LT - 1 Geologic Principles And Relative Dating
Test Description: Practice the geologic principles used for relative dating.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which geologic principle states that the oldest rock layers are on the bottom of undisturbed sedimentary rock formations?
A
superposition
B
baked contacts
C
original horizontality
D
cross-cutting
2) Which geologic principle states that faults or igneous rock intrusions are younger than the rock layers they pass through?
A
superposition
B
baked contacts
C
original horizontality
D
cross-cutting
3) Which geologic principles says that igneous rocks that melt neighboring rocks are younger than the rocks they melt?
A
superposition
B
original continuity
C
cross-cutting
D
baked contacts
4) Which principle states that fossils are found in an expected order in rock layers depending of the layers' age.
A
superposition
B
faunal succession
C
uniformitarianism
D
original horizontality
5) Which principle states that the processes changing Earth today are the same processes that occurred long ago?
A
uniformitarianism
B
superposition
C
original continuity
D
original continuity
6) Which geologic principle states that sedimentary rocks are deposited in flat layers?
A
original horizontality
B
original continuity
C
superposition
D
cross-cuttingf
7) Which geologic principle states that a canyon had to form after sedimentary rocks were deposited since sedimentary rocks are deposited in continuous large sheets?
A
faunal succession
B
cross-cutting
C
original continuity
D
superposition
8) Which geologic principle states that folds in sedimentary rocks are younger than the sedimentary rock formation?
A
cross-cutting
B
baked contacts
C
original horizontality
D
superposition
9) Which geologic principle results in the metamorphism of other rocks?
A
uniformatarianism
B
faunal succession
C
baked contacts
D
original horizontality
10) Which geologic principle states that rocks on the bottom of a sedimentary rock sequence are older than rocks on the top?
A
cross-cutting
B
faunal succession
C
uniformitarianism
D
superposition
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