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Relative Dating By: Thomas Cardona, Cameron Carpenter, Cielo Ruvalcaba, Madison Gasper, Caroline Kelsey, Bryson Probert
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The Rock Cycle States that all rocks are able to turn into each other. All rocks are also able to turn into magma Each rock can be transformed into another rock in different ways for instance with heat and pressure Sedimentary Rock will turn into Metamorphic Rock.
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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition When an inanimate object has been exposed to forces such as weather it is called weathering. When something has been reshaped by wind or water it is erosion. When something doesn’t deposit soil in a certain place for a long period of time. somethin
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Superposition Superposition Superposition is a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed.
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How Rock Layers Become Disturbed. How Rock Layers Become Disturbed. Faults: a break in the earths layer Folding: rock layer bend Tilting: forces inside the Earth slant the rock Intrusions: molten rock squeezes into gaps of existing rock and cools
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Unconformity An unconformity is a break in geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long time.
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Order of Events If you put away your clothes into a dirty hamper you are creating layers. If you find a penny at the bottom from 1965 then you know that the clothes that are above the penny are younger than 1965.
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