Exercise
Relative Dating Principles and Cross-Cutting
Understand relative dating principles, including cross-cutting relationships, to order geological events and rock features correctly.
Questions
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What does the Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships state?
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What is an igneous intrusion?
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If an earthquake fault fractures across four horizontal sedimentary layers, the fault is:
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What does the Principle of Inclusions state?
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Granite pebbles are found embedded inside a layer of sandstone. Which rock formed first?
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What does the Principle of Lateral Continuity state?
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A vertical igneous rock dike cuts through layers A, B, and C. When did the dike form?
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How does hot magma affect surrounding solid rock layers during an intrusion?
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If Rock Layer X contains eroded chunks of underlying Rock Layer Y, which layer formed first?
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Why are cross-cutting relationships useful to geologists?
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An earthquake cuts a fault through three sedimentary rock layers. Which event occurred most recently?
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Which geological principle explains why identical rock layers found on opposite sides of a valley were once connected?