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