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What does an unconformity tell us about the ages of the nearby rock layers?
- the rock layers are the same age - the rock layers
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Emo Freak (POP PUNKS NOT DEAD)
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Which is formed when sediment is deposited into the still water of a lake or ocean? delta waterfall bluff meander
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skittles
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According to the law of superposition, where are the youngest rocks found?
A.in the bottom rock layer B.next to an intrusion
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Emo Freak (POP PUNKS NOT DEAD)
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Which describes relative age?
A.the date when a rock was on Earth’s surface B.the age of a rock compared to other rocks C.the
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Emo Freak (POP PUNKS NOT DEAD)
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Why can faults make it difficult for geologists to determine the relative ages of rock layers?
A.Magma will always run through a
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Emo Freak (POP PUNKS NOT DEAD)
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How does the age of an intrusion compare to the age of the surrounding rock?
A.The intrusion is always the same age. B.The
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Emo Freak (POP PUNKS NOT DEAD)
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What types of rock can be dated using the radiometric dating method? Select all that apply.
sedimentary igneous granite
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Ari
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What creates a moraine?
Group of answer choices Wave-dominated deltas Glaciers Long-shore drift Wave action Backwash
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Amelia Gomez
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What creates a moraine?
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Amelia Gomez
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What feature marks the shoreward limit of marine erosion on a rocky coast?
Group of answer choices Wave-cut platforms Blowholes
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Amelia Gomez
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hich best describes Earth’s mantle?
(1 point) Responses It is made up of rock so hot that it flows. It is made up of rock so
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EMILIANO
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Using one to two sentences, explain how the movement of tectonic plates helps turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
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What is the term that refers to a formation occurring where younger rock covers an eroded layer?
interruption geological gap
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Ari
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After examining the picture, which of the following formations is most likely the oldest?
dike M bed C bed B bed D
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Ari
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Which of the following names the idea that young sedimentary formations overlie older ones?
turbidity currents intrusion
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Ari
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Select all that apply.
Which of the following may be exceptions to the Law of Superposition? thrust faults fault blocks dikes
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Ari
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Units A through K are sedimentary layers. L and M are intrusive igneous bodies.
The older of the two intrusive bodies is most
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Ari
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Units A through K are sedimentary layers. L and M are intrusive igneous bodies.
The youngest layer is: G A H K
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Ari
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In your opinion, which branch of science provides the most proof that the earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old? Justify
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Lee
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What evidence for the age of the Earth is indicated by the fact that sedimentary rock is found on mountain tops?
that some force
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Lee
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Which of the following does NOT support the geologic evidence used to date the earth?
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Lee
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Which statement describes the relative age of a fossil that has formed inside a layer of rock, one the fossil is older than the
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Which feature is created when a block of rock dropped down in relation to the block of rock beside it?
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Student
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Which feature provides evidence that a Volcano existed in the past?
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Beti
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Which statement describes the relative age of a fossil that has formed inside a layer of rock?
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St Jude girl
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Which statement correctly describes why earthquakes happen?
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Blake Amendola
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Who studies the physical materials of Earth, including rocks and soil?
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Leo
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Layla drew a diagram of forces acting on the rock in earths crust. she drew arrows pointing inwards, representing
forces pressing
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Student
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Which feature provides evidence that a volcano existed in the past?(1 point)
Responses valleys valleys rivers rivers mountains
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AC
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The answers for the ''Age of Earth'' practice test are as follows...
1.) Which describes the law of superposition used to find
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Jamie Campbell Bower's biggest fan
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Which statement correctly describes why earthquakes happen?(1 point)
A. Earth’s crust switches places in a periodic manner. B.
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WillowGray
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Which is a result of boundary plates colliding or sliding past each other? (1 point)
Responses mountains form mountains form
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Where do convection currents happen?(1 point)
Responses mantle mantle crust crust core core inner core
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Bot how do the mass and the density of the mantle compare with the mass and density of Earth's core? pick one of these answers.
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Pokeballs
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Where do convection currents happen?(1 point)
Responses crust crust mantle mantle core core inner core
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Empirical evidence about rocks might be collected by a chemist doing ….
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Which describes an underground layer of porous and permeable rock that holds water?
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Once a rock has become either igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic it stays that way forever.
Responses True True False
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kippyvr
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What is the rock cycle?
Responses the scale of hardness for minerals the scale of hardness for minerals the constant process
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kippyvr
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Which is needed to turn an igneous rock or sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?
Responses melting and cooling melting and
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kippyvr
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During the rock cycle, sedimentary rocks are returned to the Earth's interior and become metamorphic rocks through metamorphism.
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Jsmzjsmj
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The image below shows a landform made up of many layers of sedimentary rock. According to the law of superposition, the
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Jsmzjsmj
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Rocks are made of minerals, and they are formed in different ways. According to the diagram above, how are metamorphic rocks
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Jsmzjsmj
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Which statement is correct about the flow of thermal energy inside Earth?(1 point)
Energy flow inside the crust causes magma to
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pk
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which statement is correct about the movement of plates that sit on top of the mantle? (1 point) . they never move because they
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pk
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Write the uses of clay
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IZERE Diane
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List any four agents of soil erosion
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IZERE Diane
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A student wants to model the physical weathering of rock. which activity could the student perform?
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Ice spice.
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What is a floating earth
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Gift
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Which is the last stage of physical weathering and rocks?
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