31 Questions
What is the process of forming layers in sedimentary rocks called?
Stratification
What is another term for stratified rocks?
Layered rocks
Which method is used to determine the age of stratified rocks by comparing rock layers with each other?
Relative dating
What is the process of pressing sediments together and solidifying them into rock called?
Compaction and cementation
Which type of dating provides an actual numerical age for a rock layer or fossil?
Radiometric dating
What geological process is responsible for the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering and erosion
What is the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers?
Stratification
Which scientist studied the relative positions of sedimentary rocks in the early mid-1600s?
Nicholas Steno
What is the science that deals with the study of rock layers and layering?
Stratigraphy
What is the law that states, in any sequence of layered sedimentary rocks, the top layer is younger than the bottom layer?
Law of Superposition
Which method gives an actual date of the rock or period of an event?
Absolute dating
What is the process in which older rocks are broken down by water or wind to form sedimentary particles?
Weathering
What is the method of arranging geological events based on the rock sequence?
Relative dating
What do sedimentary rocks form from older rocks that have been broken down by?
Water or wind
Which term refers to the largest or heaviest particles settling first, and the smallest or lightest particles settling last?
Deposition
What becomes conglomerate as it accumulates over time?
Gravel
What is the process called when older rocks are broken down by water or wind to form sedimentary particles?
Weathering
Which method is used to determine the age of stratified rocks by comparing rock layers with each other?
Relative dating
What is the law that states, in any sequence of layered sedimentary rocks, the top layer is younger than the bottom layer?
Principle of Superposition
What becomes conglomerate as it accumulates over time?
Breccia
What is the process of pressing sediments together and solidifying them into rock called?
Lithification
What term refers to the largest or heaviest particles settling first, and the smallest or lightest particles settling last?
Sorting
What method of determining the age of a certain rock uses the Law of Superposition?
Relative dating
What did Nicholas Steno study in the early mid-1600s?
Relative positions of sedimentary rocks
Which type of rocks become conglomerate as they accumulate over time?
Gravel
What becomes sandstone as it accumulates over time?
Sand
What geological process is responsible for the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering and deposition
What is another term for stratified rocks?
Sedimentary rocks
What is the process that refers to the largest or heaviest particles settling first, and the smallest or lightest particles settling last?
Sorting
What is the science that deals with the study of rock layers and layering?
Stratigraphy
What is the process of pressing sediments together and solidifying them into rock called?
Compaction and cementation
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