Unit 4 Flashcards

1
Q
Best evidence which proves rock in VANISLAND deposited same time on mainland 
A) are sedimentary rocks
B) contain similar fossil remains
C) same chemical compostion
D) are same distance below surface
A

B

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2
Q
Match one locality to another they are using the 
A) principle of uniformtariansim
B) law of original horizintaliy
C) principle of correlation
D) law of super position
A

C

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3
Q
Most suitable for intercontinental stratigraphic correlation
A) coral
B) Crinoid
C) Gastropod
D)radiolarians
A

D

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4
Q
Most useful in correlating strata on different continents 
A)corals
B)dinosaurs
C)brachiopods
D)forminfera
A

C

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5
Q
Relative age can give 
A) order and time
B) order but no time
C)time but no order
D) neither
A

B

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6
Q
Rock layers that split and come separated can be matched by 
A)correlation
B)walking the outcrop
C) micro fossils 
D) potassium argon dating
A

A

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7
Q
Matching layers from different locations 
A) correlation
B)superposition
C)included fragments
D)original horizintality
A

A

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8
Q
Relative dating techniques 
A) inclusions and potassium argon 
B) inclusions and graded beds
C) carbon-14 and graded beds
D) potassium-argon and carbon
A

B

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9
Q
Which could not give age date 
A) geologic eras
B) superposition
C)included fragments
D)cross cutting relationships
A

B

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10
Q
Up direction in a sandstone would most likley be determined from 
A)mud cracks
B) graded bedding
C) radio metric dating
D) cross or current bedding
A

D

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11
Q
Ancient lava flow, top of flow is indicted by
A) more inclusions
B)abundant vesicles
C)larger phenocrysts 
D) a coarser grained matrix
A

B

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12
Q
Determine if one part of mountain is older or younger than parts around it 
A) relative time
B) absolute time
C) superpositional time
D) Mesozoic time
A

A

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13
Q
NOT a rock characteristic used for correlation 
A) colour
B)weight
C)appearance
D)composition
A

B

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