Geologic Time Vocabulary Quiz
Using the word bank below, match the words with their correct definitions.  In order to be graded correctly, you must spell the words correctly.  By pushing the "Submit" button at the end of the quiz, you will have your quiz graded. 


Word Bank (copy and paste)
Anomalies, Correlation, Index Fossils, Isotopes, Outcrop, Outgassing, Principle of Superposition, Principle of Uniformitarianism, Unconformity
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A buried erosional surface.
2
Those things that occurred in the past are also occurring today.
3
Oldest layers on the bottom.
4
The escaping of water vapor from the Earth’s crust.
5
Bedrock that can be seen on the Earth’s surface.
6
A different form of an element differing only in mass.
7
Best way to correlate rock layers.
8
Matching up rock outcrops based on similar characteristics.
9
Something out of the ordinary.  Unlikely to be repeated.