Lesson 3.2

Question 1

any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects

Answer 1

relative dating

Question 2

a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the rock layer has not been disturbed

Answer 2

superposition

Question 3

an arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom

Answer 3

geologic column

Question 4

a break in the Earths crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another

Answer 4

fault

Question 5

when rock layers bend and buckle from Earth’s internal forces

Answer 5

folding

Question 6

molten rock from the Earth’s interior that squeezes into existing rock and cools

Answer 6

intrusion

Question 7

when internal forces in the Earth slant rock layers

Answer 7

tilting

Question 8

a break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or sediment is not deposited for a long time

Answer 8

unconformity

Question 9

the stoppage of deposition when the supply of sediment is cut off.

Answer 9

nondepostition

Question 10

the process in which wind, water,ice, or gravity transports sediment from one place to another

Answer 10

erosion