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Name: JR N. Yanson Section: STEM-13

Date: June 5, 2022 Score:

Let’s Try Dating!

Relative Age Dating

Directions: Read the instructions and all the items in each test type carefully. Use black or blue pen
ink only. Avoid any form of erasure, alteration, and superimposition on the final answer.

I. TRUE OR FALSE (10 items x 1 point)

Write TRUE if the statement is correct, otherwise, write FALSE on the space provided.
TRUE 1. In order for an event to affect a rock, the rock must exist first.
FALSE 2. Sediment normally accumulates in vertical layers.
FALSE 3. Geologic features, such as faults, and igneous intrusions are younger than the
rocks they cut because the events like folding and faulting must occur first
before a rock can exist.
TRUE 4. Floating or swimming marine mammals make the best index fossils because
they spread rapidly and widely throughout the seas.
FALSE 5. Inclusions are younger than the formation of sedimentary rocks that comprise
them.
TRUE 6. If rocks are folded, the folding is younger than the youngest rock affected.
FALSE 7. If rocks are folded into an anticline the youngest rocks are in the core of the
fold.
TRUE 8. The shorter the time span that species existed, the more precisely the index
fossil reflects the age of a rock.
FALSE 9. If one rock body contains fragments of another rock body it must be younger
than the fragments of rock it contains.
TRUE 10. Sedimentary rocks that contain fragments of another rock are older than the
rocks that the fragments came from.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE (5 items x 2 points)

Read and analyze each item. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before
each number.

A 1. Which layering shown in the figure demonstrates disconformity?

A. B C. A
B. C D. None of these.

C 2. What does a disconformity in a sedimentary rock sequence represent?

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A. Gap in the rock record. Answer C. Duplicated strata in the rock record
B. Volcanic eruption D. Flood event

For items 3-5, refer to the figure below. In the following geologic section,

Units A, B, C, D, E, and F

D 
3. Which of the following happened most recently?
A. Deposition of unit C C. Deposition of unit F
B. Deposition of unit B. D. Tilting of C, D, E, and F
B 4. George Geologist finds that unit F contains eroded pieces of unit G. Which of the
following statements is TRUE?
A. The granite is younger than unit B.
B. Unit B is younger that the granite.
C. Unit B and the granite are the same age.
D. The relative ages of the granite and unit B cannot be determined from the
information given.
D 5. What does the horizontal line labeled X-X' represent?
A. Fault C. Non-conformity
B. Disconformity D. Angular Unconformity

III. IDENTIFICATION (23 points)

Read the questions/items carefully and give what is asked. Write your answers on the space
provided.

A. Determine the relative ages of the following cross-sections. (5 items x 3 points)

Rubric:
Score Description
4 All events were in the correct logical sequence.
3 60-99% of the events are in the correct logical sequence.
2 30-59% of the events are in the correct logical sequence.
1 at least 29 % of the events are in the correct logical sequence.
0 The student was unable to put the events into a logical sequence.

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1.Youngest
A
D
C
E
B

2.Youngest
B
D
E
C
A
Oldest

3.Youngest
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
M
A
Oldest
4.Youngest
D
E
I
H
A
B
F
C
G
Oldest

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5. Youngest
F
B
J
K
N
J
D
M
H
C
L
G
E
A
Oldest

B. Refer to the cross section on item 5. For each of the following pairs of rock layers, identify the
younger bed. Opposite it, identify the principle that you used to determine which bed was older and
which one was younger. (4 items x 2 points)
Cross Cutting Relationship 6. M&A
Superposition 7. J&N
Faunal Succession 8. H&C
Uniformitarianism 9. D&M

References
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Multiple Choice Questions -- Geologic Time - Chapter 8. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.uh.edu:
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/chap9mult.html
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STI Academic Center. (n.d.). Earth and Life Science Instructor's Guide.
SW Science 10 Unit 6 Relative Dating Worksheet. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.rowan.k12.ky.us/:
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