EARTH AND LIFE QUIZ

PART I 2. A canyon has the following sequence exposed:

1. Correlation and relative dating of rock units are made possible
by application of the __________
a. principle of crosscutting relationships. b. principle of faunal succession.
c. principle of superposition. d. All of the above are correct.
2. The numerical dates associated with events on the geologic time scale were
determined by ____________
a. relative dating of the rate of sediment deposition.
b. radiometric dating using radioactive decay.
c. the temperature of Earth.
d. the rate that salt is being added to the ocean.
3. The observation that sediments are commonly deposited in flat-lying layers is
called the ____________ Arrange the events in the correct order from oldest to youngest, and determine the geologic period(s) missing from
the record due to the unconformity.
a. principle of uniformity. b. principle of superposition.
c. principle of original horizontality. d. principle of crosscutting relationships. 3. Analysis of a feldspar crystal in an igneous rock indicated 12.5 percent of the potassium-40 originally in the
4. A geologic feature that cuts across or is intruded into a rock mass must be crystal was present. What is the age of the rock? (half life=1.25 billion years)
younger than the rock mass. This is based on the _________
PART III.
a. principle of uniformity. b. principle of superposition.
c. principle of original horizontality. d. principle of crosscutting relationships. Directions. Fill in the Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences
5. he ability to use index fossils along with the ages of rocks in different locations is between absolute dating and relative dating. Use the words inside the word
a. age correlation. b. fossil association. c. age comparison. d. relative dating. pool to complete the diagram.
PART II.

1. A student examining a roadcut recorded the following observations:

By applying the principles of reading history from rocks, arrange the events,
including the tilting, in the correct order from oldest to youngest.