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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
What principle tells us that if you find a rock inside another rock, the one inside is older?
Principle of Components or Inclusion
Which principle talks about how interruptions in rock layers, faults, and intrusive igneous rocks change the rock layers they cut through?
Principle of Cross-Cutting
What idea, introduced by Hutton, states that the same natural processes happening today have also been happening in the past?
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What are rocks grouped into?
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Which principle states that rock layers extend horizontally until they end?
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What principle tells us that if you find a rock inside another rock, the one inside is older?
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What principle introduced by Hutton states that the same natural processes happening today have also been happening in the past?
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What principle explains that in layers of rock, the youngest is on top and the oldest is at the bottom?
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What principle talks about how interruptions in rock layers, faults, and intrusive igneous rocks change the rock layers they cut through?
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