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Relative Dating
Geologic Evolution
Question | Answer |
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Determining the age of a rock layer in relation to the other rock layers around it. | Relative Dating |
The principle that states that younger rocks are above older rocks is? | Law of Superposition |
A section of rock layers that scientist study whereby the older rocks are on the bottom and the younger rocks are on the top. | Geologic Column |
A gap in a rock layer (missing rock layer). | Unconformity |
When internal forces deep within the Earth cause rock layers to slant. | Tilting |
When internal forces deep within the Earth causes rock layers to bend and buckle. | Folding |
When magma from deep within the Earth squeezes through rock layers. | Intrusion |
A break or crack in a rock layer. | Fault |
The process in which rocks break down into smaller pieces. | Weathering |
When rocks are transported to a new location. | Erosion |
This kind of rock forms from heat and pressure. | Metamorphic Rock |
The first stage in which a rock becomes a sedimentary rock is? | Weathering and Erosion |
Any rock material that is melted by magma will eventually cool and solidify to become a (an)? | Igneous Rock |
When rocks are dropped and laid down. | Deposition |