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Relative Age of Rock Layers

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What is the Law of Superposition?

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Which rock layers from the North America location are missing in the European location?

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What is it called when rock layers are missing from an area and what causes this to happen?

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What is the Principle of Inclusion?

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What are extrusions?

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What are intrusions?

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What is the Law of Cross-Cutting Relations?

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What is unconformity?

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What is an index fossil?

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List some similarities and differences bewteen the rock layers in North America and Europe.

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List the kinds of fossils that are found in each rock layer in North America and Europe.

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In North America, what “fossils clues” in layers A and B indicate the kind of environment that existed when these rock layers were formed? How did the environment change in layer D?

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1. In Europe, which layer is the oldest? How do you know?

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Looking at North America, which of the layers formed most recently? Explain why.

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For North America, are layers C and E intrusions or extrusions? Explain why.

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For North American layers C and E, why are fossils not present?

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Again, looking at North America, what kinds of fossils are located at layer F?

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When comparing Europe to North America, which North American layer likely formed at the same time as European layer W? Give an explanation for your answer.

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At the Europe site, which is older, intrusion V or layer Y? Explain why.

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Match the North American layers to the European layers that formed under similar conditions/time.

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Using the Geologic Time scale table, what time periods do layers B and W represent in Earth’s history? Explain why.

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What time period does layer D represent in Earth’s history? Explain why.