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LMS Ch 8.1 DR

Determining Relative Age Directed Reading

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Layers of rock are called?? Strata.
The order of rock layers reveals?? The relative age of the layers.
Relative age indicates?? That one rock layer is older than another layer.
Although various types of rock form layers, what type of rock is commonly used by scientists to determine the relative age of rocks?? Sedimentary Rock.
Sedimentary Rocks form when?? New layers of sediment are deposited on top of old layers of sediment.
Layers of compressed and hardened sediments are called?? Beds.
What is a bedding plane?? A boundary between rock beds.
The law of superposition helps scientists determine the?? Relative Age of a layer of sedimentary rock.
In what kinds of layers does sedimentary rock generally form?? Horizontal.
What can scientists assume when sedimentary rock layers are not horizontal?? The rock has been tilted or deformed.
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