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Mo11-L2: Vocabulary Review
Direction: Write the correct term in the boxes to the right of each def nition. Then unscramble the letters
from the numbered boxes to spell a seventh term.
correlation inclusion index fossil lateral
relative age superposition unconformity
1. sideways or on the side
4
2. a fossil of a species that was abundant
and widespread for a brief period of time
9 6
3. older or younger, for example
7
4. the process of matching rock layers
from separate locations.
3
5. describes a gap in the rock record.
5 1
6. says that the youngest rocks are on the top
8 2
7. When they are unscrambled, the letters from the numbered boxes spell ,
which is a piece of an older rock that becomes part of a new rock.
Mo11-L2: Key Concept Organizer
Direction: Complete this chart by answering the question for each term
Relative-Age Dating
Term How does this explain the relative age of rocks?
Superposition 1.
Original 2.
horizontality
Lateral 3.
continuity
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