Question

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. If the answer is not found on the
choices, write letter E and identify the correct answer.
1. According to the Law of Superposition, the oldest fossils are found...

A. At the top of the rock layers
B. Somewhat near the surface
C. In the middle of the rock surface
D. Near the bottom of the rock layers

2. It is a principle which states that the existing rock is lost and cannot be recovered

A. horizontally
C. unconformities
D. cross-cutting relntionn
B. superposition

3. The statement The present in the key to the past relates to...

A. Tarbuck's theory
B. Aristotle's Hypothents
C. Principle of Catastrophism
D. Principle of Uniformitarianism

4. Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law
of Superposition?

A. Relative dating
B. Absolute dating
C. Radioactive dating
D. Radiometric dating

5. Which of the following statements on sedimentary rocks in not correct?

A. Old rock layers are almost always Aat.
B. Fossils are not deposited in these layers of rock.
C. Sedimentary rocks are formed from fragments of other types of rocks.
D. All of the above

6. What Law states that layers of sediment were originally deposited horizontally
under the action of gravity?

A. Unconformities
B. Law of Superposition
C. Law of Faunal Succession
D. Principle of Uniformitarianism

7. it staten that when an area of land is forced to bend, thin force umually comes
from benenth the Earth.

A. horizontally
B. superposition
C. unconformities
D. cross-cutting relations

8, the length of time it takes for half of a radioactive isotope to decay into a stable
element is known as its

A. half-ife
B. relative age
C. absolute age
D. fission process

For numbers 9-10 A scientist has been studying rock found within the Earth.

9. Which rock layer is the oldest?

A. Rock Layer A
C. Rock Layer C
D. Rock Layer D
B. Rock Layer B

10.Which rock layer is the youngest?

A. Rock Layer A
B. Rock Layer B
C. Rock Layer C
D. Rock Layer D

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Answer 1

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