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Question | Answer |
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How old do the geologists think the world is? | 4.6 billion years old |
The principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes is called? | Uniformitarianism |
layers of rock and ____, show the sequence of events that took place in the past. | Strata |
Even though all three classes of rock can form layers, the ones most commonly studied are? | Sedimentary |
The boundary between two beds of rock is called a____? | Bedding Plane |
The principle that a sedimentary rock layer is older than the one above it, is called the law of___? | Super Position |
The principle that a fault or intrusion is younger than the layers it cuts through, this is called the law of____? | Cross Bedding Relationships |
According to the principle in question #7, what happened first in the diagram below? | Igneous Intrusion |
What happened next after layer D was deposited? | Igneous Intrusion |
What event happened last? | Fault |
The absolute age o a rock layer is its____?age. | Numeric |
Using the rate of____ to determine absolute age would be less accurate for a surface feature such as the Grand Canyon which is millions of years old. | Erosion |
In general about 30 cm of sedimentary rock are___ over a period of 1,000 years. | Deposited |
some sedimentary rock layers show annual layers called_? | Varves |
Which layer(summer or winter) is composed of darker finer grains? | Winter |
Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons are called? | Isotopes |
The original radio active isotope is called the? | Parent isotope |
The half-life is the time required for half of a radio active sample to break down by decay to form the_____ isotope. | Daughter isotope |
What is the half-life of uranium-238? | 4.5 billion |