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Unit 11: Relative and Absolute Dating (of rocks)

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  • Q1

    sudden movement of rock masses along a fault

    faulting

    fossil

    geologic column

    folding

    30s
  • Q2

    technique used to determine the actual age using radioactive dating (number of years passed since it formed)

    radioactive dating

    absolute dating

    Law of Superposition

    relative dating

    30s
  • Q3

    finding the age of a rock based on the amount of radioactive decay of certain elements in the rock

    relative dating

    Law of Superposition

    radioactive dating

    absolute dating

    30s
  • Q4

    determining the age of a rock by comparing it to other rocks (younger/older)

    absolute dating

    Law of Superposition

    relative dating

    radioactive dating

    30s
  • Q5

    Law that states that younger layers of rock are deposited on top of older layers

    radioactive dating

    Law of Superposition

    relative dating

    absolute dating

    30s
  • Q6

    the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust

    fossil

    geologic column

    faulting

    folding

    30s
  • Q7

    sudden movement of rock masses along a fault

    geologic column

    fossil

    faulting

    folding

    30s
  • Q8

    the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly in sedimentary rock

    fossil

    fossil record

    folding

    geologic column

    30s
  • Q9

    chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers

    folding

    fossil 

    fossil record

    geologic column

    30s
  • Q10

    a molten mass that pushes into rock from below the surface, then cools and hardens

    absolute dating

    geologic column

    fossil 

    igneous intrusion

    30s

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