Geologic Time Scale
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- Q1A principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenlycatastrophismsuddenismuniformitarianismunconformity45s
- Q2The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stressfaultcatastrophismunconformitydeformation45s
- Q3The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rockfaultfossilstratadeposition45s
- Q4The standard method used to divide the Earth’s long natural history into manageable partsGeologic time scaleplate tectonicsfaultstrata45s
- Q5Layers of rocksedimentstratificationdepositionstrata45s
- Q6A principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbedunconformitycrosscuttingsuperpositionintrusion45s
- Q7A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of timefaultuniformitarianismunconformitystrata45s
- Q8A principle that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processesunconformitycatastrophismgeologic time scaleuniformitarianism45s
- Q9Which layer is the oldest?CAB45s
- Q10Which layer is the youngest?ABC45s
- Q11If the entire history of the Earth was compared to a 24 hour day, at what time would humans show up?2:53 am4:00 pm11:59:59 pmNoon45s
- Q12Which layer is an example of crosscutting?ABXR45s
- Q13Which layer is an example of an unconformity?BRAP45s
- Q14The rocks in this picture are an example ofdeformationuniformitarianismfaultingwaving45s
- Q15Who originated the theory of uniformitarianism?James HuttonJake from State FarmJulie HammariJames Hubbard45s
