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    The document provides information on the principles of relative dating including the law of superposition, cross-cutting relationships, and inclusions. Students are asked to use these principles to determine the relative ages of rock layers in diagrams and identify the oldest and youngest layers.

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    SW Science 10 Unit 6 Relative Dating Worksheet

    Name: __________________________________ Student #: ____________

    6.2 Geologic Time


    6.2.2 Relative Dating

    The Law of Superposition


    In any undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer
    is at the bottom of the sequence, and the youngest layer
    is at the top of the sequence.

    The Cross-Cutting Law


    Any feature that cuts across a body of sediment or rock is younger
    than the body of sediment or rock that it
    cuts across.

    NOTE:
    • A fracture is a crack in rock.
    • A fault is a fracture along which
    movement has occurred.

    The Law of Inclusions


    If one rock body contains fragments of another rock body it must be younger than the
    fragments of rock it contains. OR…The inclusions are older than the rocks which contain
    them.

    Inclusions Inclusions of B are older than C.


    Page 2

    Telling Relative Time


    Use the laws of superposition, inclusions and cross-cutting relationships to determine
    the relative ages of the following cross-sections. Determine the OLDEST bed FIRST.

    1 Cross-cutting, Inclusions

    A
    D
    C
    B

    2
    E

    Baked Contacts, Superposition

    A
    B
    D
    E

    3
    C

    Cross-cutting, Superposition

    SW SC10
    UNIT 6 Earth Forces
    Relative Dating WS
    Page 3

    BH
    X
    H
    G
    G F
    F
    E E
    C D
    M
    B A
    D

    4 A
    M
    C
    B

    E
    I
    D
    H
    B
    F

    5
    A
    C
    G

    Outline the sequence of events in the cross sections below by numbering each rock unit
    or event in the order in which it occurred or was deposited.

    Youngest A
    ________

    D
    ________

    ________
    E
    ________
    B

    6 Oldest C
    ________

    SW SC10
    UNIT 6 Earth Forces
    Relative Dating WS
    Page 4

    Refer to the cross-section on the


    left. For each of the following pairs
    of rock layers, identify the relative
    dating law that would be used to
    determine which bed was older and
    which was younger. Circle the
    letter of the OLDER bed.

    7
    A&B ________________________
    A Crosscutting C&D ________________________
    D Crosscutting

    D&E D Superposition
    ________________________ J&K ________________________
    J Superposition

    F
    B
    K
    H
    A
    J
    D
    M
    H
    C

    8 L
    G
    E

    Refer to the cross-section above. for each of the following pairs of rock layers identify
    the relative dating law that you used to determine which bed was older and which was
    younger. Circle the letter of the YOUNGER bed.

    M&A ______________________________________________________
    A Crosscutting

    J&N ______________________________________________________
    N Superposition

    H&C ______________________________________________________
    H Crosscutting

    D&M ________________________________________________________
    D Superposition

    SW SC10
    UNIT 6 Earth Forces
    Relative Dating WS

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