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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The number of years that have passed since the rock formed is the rock'srelative agelaw of superpositionabsolute ageindex fossil
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock'sabsolute agegeologic agesedimentary agerelative age
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A formation of igneous rock on Earth's surface is known asa gapan intrusiona faultan extrusion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A break in Earth's crust is calledan intrusiona faulta layeran index fossil
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Geologists use the law of _________ to determine the relative ages of sedimentary rock layers.geologysuperposition
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A mass of igneous rock below the Earth's surface is called a __________/intrusionextrusion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Because of ___________, most of the geologic record of sedimentary rock layers has been lost.unconformityerosion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A gap in the geologic record is known as a(n)_______________.unconformityintrusion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The position in which rock layers appear can be changed by gaps in the geologic record and by ______________.faultsfolding
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According to the law of __________, in horizontal sedimentary rock layers the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.superpositionindex fossil