Rock Classification and Geological Principles Quiz
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Which principle states that in layers of rock, the youngest is on top and the oldest is at the bottom?

  • Principle of Original Horizontality (correct)
  • Principle of Fossil Succession
  • Principle of Components or Inclusion
  • Principle of Cross-Cutting
  • What principle tells us that if you find a rock inside another rock, the one inside is older?

  • Principle of Fossil Succession
  • Principle of Components or Inclusion (correct)
  • Principle of Cross-Cutting
  • Principle of Original Lateral Continuity
  • Which principle talks about how interruptions in rock layers, faults, and intrusive igneous rocks change the rock layers they cut through?

  • Principle of Fossil Succession
  • Principle of Cross-Cutting (correct)
  • Principle of Superposition
  • Principle of Original Horizontality
  • What idea, introduced by Hutton, states that the same natural processes happening today have also been happening in the past?

    <p>Uniformitarianism and Actualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are rocks grouped into?

    <p>Groups, formations, and members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle states that rock layers extend horizontally until they end?

    <p>Original Lateral Continuity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle tells us that if you find a rock inside another rock, the one inside is older?

    <p>Principle of Cross-Cutting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle introduced by Hutton states that the same natural processes happening today have also been happening in the past?

    <p>Uniformitarianism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle explains that in layers of rock, the youngest is on top and the oldest is at the bottom?

    <p>Superposition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle talks about how interruptions in rock layers, faults, and intrusive igneous rocks change the rock layers they cut through?

    <p>Principle of Cross-Cutting</p> Signup and view all the answers

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