Uniformitarianism
Relative dating and geoloigical columns
Geological columns continued and unconformatys
picture questions
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Who created the theory of uniformitarianism?
Who is James Hutton?
100
What is relative dating?
What is a way of determining how old an event is compared to those around it?
100
When does an unconformity occur?
What is when there are layers missing from a geological column?
100
What type of unconformaty is this?
What is an angular disconformaty?
100
What is more exact, absolute dating or relative dating?
What is absolute dating?
200
what is uniformitarianism?
What is a theory that explains the Earth’s formation in a series of repeating geological processes?
200
How are geologic columns helpful?
What is they are helpful with dating?
200
What is a disconformity?
What is when layers of rock are missing, and it represents thousands of years in missing time?
200
what does this picture show?
What is folding?
200
What is absolute dating?
What is a way of measuring the excact age of a specimen or event that occurred?
300
What is the opposing viewpoint of uniformitarianism?
What is catastrophism?
300
What does the the principle of superposition state?
What is the younger rocks are layered above older rocks as long as the layers are not disturbed?
300
What is folding and tilting?
What is when a process that causes rock layers in geological columns to buckle, and generally shift layers of rock?
300
What is this?
What is a geological column?
300
What is radiometric dating?
What is a method used in absolute dating, and this type of absolute dating uses radioactive isotopes to determine the age of the event or specimen?
400
What is catastrophism?
What is a theory that states that the challenges in the earth were a result sudden violent changes?
400
When does an intrusion occur?
What is when magma pushes up through existing layers?
400
What is a nonconformaty?
What is when sedimentary rock is layered on top of eroded igneous rock or metamorphic rock which was raised to the surface? This represents millions of years in missing rock layers.
400
what does this photo show?
What is a fault?
400
What is gradualism?
What is the theory that the earth was formed from a combination of recurring geological processes and the results of catastrophic events?
500
What isthe famous quote that defines uniformitariansim?
What is "What happenned years ago can be explained by what is happenning today"?
500
When does a fault occur?
What is when there is a break in the crust and sides of the rock layers break?
500
What is an angular unconformaty?
What is when tilted or folded rock was eroded before layers formed above them? This represents millions of years in missing rock layers.
500
What type of unconformaty is this ?
What is a disconformaty?
500
What type of carbon is used in the radiocative dating tetechnique?
What is carbon 14?