Relative Dating Jigsaw
Warmup (2-12-13)
What kind of
unconformities are A and
B?
A. Angular Unconformity
B.
B. Disconformity
A. A.
Relative Dating
Movie Notes
Relative Dating
Unconformities
and Inclusion
Reading the Grand
Canyon
Group 1: Uncomformities and
Inclusions
• 1. List the three types of unconformities
• 2. In your own words describe what an
angular unconformity is….NO BOOK
DEFINITION!
• 3. What is an inclusion?
• 4. Are inclusions younger or older than the
rock around it?
Group 2: Relative Dating
• 1. List the 3 laws that geologists use to find
the relative age of rock layers?
• 2. In your own words describe Superposition,
NO BOOK DEFINITION!!!!
• 3. In your own words describe Cross-Cutting
principle, NO BOOK DEFINITION!!!!
• 4. In your own words describe Original
Horizontality, NO BOOK DEFINITION!!!!
Group 3: Reading the Grand Canyon
1.What is the difference between angular
unconformity and a disconformity?
2.Which is younger the Zoroaster Granite or
the vishnu schist?
3. Draw an example of a disconformity
4. Draw and example of an angular
unconformity
WarmUp (2-12-13)
• What is the difference between compounds
and elements?
• Compound = 2 or more elements
• Element = 1 single thing, can’t be broken
down
Agenda:
1. WarmUp
2. How It’s Made
3. Group Work
4. Bill Nye
Element
Mixture
Compound
Bill Nye Facts
Group 1: Element
• 1. What is an element? USE YOUR OWN
WORDS!
• 2. List three examples of an element.
• 3. What is the chart that you can find a list of
elements called?
Group 2: Compound
• 1. What is a compound? USE YOUR OWN
WORDS!
• 2. List three examples of a compound.
• 3. What is a chemical bond?
• 4. How can compounds be broken apart?
Group 3: Mixture
• 1. What is a mixture? USE YOUR OWN
WORDS!
• 2. What are the two types of mixtures?
• 3. What type of mixture is salt and water?
• 4. Give an example of a uneven mixture.