Name __________________________________
Geologic Column Lab
(goes with the activity we colored from page 87 in old textbook)
1. How many layers are in the part of the geologic column that you modeled?
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2. Which is the oldest layer in the column? Type of rock:
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3. Which is the youngest layer in the column? Type of rock:
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4. How do you know? Which law?
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5. List the fossils in your column from youngest to oldest (use shapes)
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6. Look at the unconformity in outcrop 2 in the book. Which rock layers are partially
or completely missing? ________________________________ .
7. How do you know?
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8. Which fossils can be used as index fossils for a single layer? __________ and
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