Vocabulary Section 1
Vocabulary Section 2
Comprehensive Questions Section 1
Comprehensive Questions Section 2
Miscellaneous
100
This is a principle that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.
What is uniformitarianism?
100
The principle that states that you organize geological forms based on their relative age with other forms.
What is relative dating?
100
Catastrophists believe that geological change occur at this rate.
What is suddenly?
100
true/false: Erosion and non-deposition can cause a missing layer in a rock-layer sequence.
What is true?
100
Find A
What is a Angular Unconformity?
200
This is the study of the earth?
What is geology?
200
this is a break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another.
What is a fault?
200
Catastrophes can affect life on Earth like this.
What is the extinction of species?
200
A crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers it cuts across, because of this reason.
What is the fact that the rock layers had to form so the feature can cut across them.
200
Find B
What is a disconformity?
300
This is the scientific study of fossils.
What is paleontology?
300
this is an arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom.
What is the geologic column?
300
These type of scientists study earth's past life, piecing together how earth was like in the past.
Who are paleontologists?
300
This is when sediment stops at some point and restarts.
What is non-deposition?
300
Find C
What is a nonconformity?
400
This is a principle that states that geologic changes occurs suddenly.
What is catastrophism?
400
this is a break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time.
What is an unconformity?
400
This scientist defended Hutton's claim on uniformitarianism.
Who is Charles Lyell?
400
This is the most common type of unconformity.
What is a disconformity?
400
This shows this type of geologic occurrence.
What is folding?
500
This is a scientist who spent 30 years studying rock formations and he made the foundation of modern geology?
Who is James Hutton?
500
this is molten rock from the Earth's interior that squeezes into existing rock and cools.
What is an intrusion?
500
This is a modern principle that believes that both uniformitarianism and catastrophism have impacted the geological processes on earth.
What is modern geology?
500
This is type of unconformity is found between horizontal layers and tilted layers of rock.
What is an angular unconformity?
500
Scientist use these to study Earth's history.
What are rocks and fossils?