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When the sediment supply is cut off, and deposition stops and restarts is called
a) nondepositon
b) depostion
c) sedimentation
d) erosion

Types of unconformities are
a) angular, disconformity and nonconformity
b) erosion, angular, disconformity
c) erosion, disconformity, nonconformity
d) angular, erosion, nonconformity

Uncomformity is a gap in geologic record. It is formed in what ways?
a) erosion and nondepostion
b) erosion and rain
c) erosion and wind
d) erosion and temperature change

The type of disturbance created when there is a bend and buckle in rock layers is known as
a) intrusion
b) fault
c) tilting
d) folding

The type of disturbance created when rock layers are slanted
a) intrusion
b) fault
c) tilting
d) folding

The type of disturbance created when there is a break in the earth's crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to one another is known as
a) intrusion
b) fault
c) tilting
d) folding

The type of disturbance that is created when molton rock has squeezed into existing rock and hardened is known as
a) fault
b) intrusion
c) tilting
d) folding

The ideal sequence of all fossils and rock layers in Earth's history is known as
a) superposition
b) disturbances
c) erosion
d) geologic column

The principle that state that younger rocks lie above other rocks in undisturbed sequences is called
a) relative dating
b) superpostion
c) uniformitarianism
d) catastrophism

Determing the age of objects or events in relation to other objects or events is called
a) relative sequencing
b) relative dating
c) relative history
d) relative geology

As long as a sequence of rock layers is undisturbed, scientists know that
a) older rocks lie above younger rocks
b) younger rocks lie under older rocks
c) younger rocks lie above older rocks
d) older rocks have eroded away

Removing sediment by wind or water is known as
a) sand storm
b) wind storm
c) sedimentation
d) erosion

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