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Mo11-L2: Lesson Review Quiz (Multiple Choice)

Direction: On the line before each question or statement, write the letter of the correct answer

1. What is a relative age of a rock?
A. an exact age, in years
B. an exact age as shown by index fossils
C. an approximate age when compared to other rocks
2. Which principle could be used to date a stack of horizontal rock layers?
A. superposition
B. lateral continuity
C. cross-cutting relationships
3. Which principle states that sedimentary rocks are deposited as large sheets of sediment?
A. correlation
B. lateral continuity
C. original horizontality
4. Which statement is true of inclusions?
A. They are older than the rocks that contain them.
B. They are younger than the rocks that contain them.
C. They are the same age as the rocks that contain them.
5. What is true of any fault?
A. It is older than the rocks it cuts.
B. It is younger than the rocks it cuts.
C. It is the same age as the rocks it cuts.
6. What is a nonconformity?
A. an erosional gap in the rock record
B. a method of matching similar rock layers
C. a contact between sedimentary and other rock types
7. Which species make good index fossils?
A. ones that were very large
B. ones that lived in one place
C. ones that lived for a short period of time

Mo11-L2: Lesson Review Quiz (Short Answer)

Direction: Respond to each statement on the lines provided.

8. Def ne relative age as it pertains to rocks.

9. Explain superposition.

10. Explain lateral continuity.

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