Possible Chapter 5 test questions:

What was used to determine the geologic column: rocks, fossils, ages

What is a coprolite

Describe the 3 types of unconformities. What is an unconformity?

What is the difference between a trace fossil and a body fossil? Which is harder to preserve? Give examples of each.

What are the 3 ways rocks can be correlated? Which is likely the easiest?

What is a marker bed? How are they useful?

What is the principle of inclusions?

How can you tell from the rock record if sea level is rising or falling?

Which principle of relative dating can be used to determine relative dating of fossils?

Transgression defines what opposed to regression?

Which fossil is better for relative dating: the one that has been around the longest or the one that was only around for a short time?

Erosion occurs when rocks are above or below sea level?