Rock layer diagram. 5 layers on each side of a fault. Layers 1 to 5, top to bottom on the left, layers 6 to 10, top to bottom on the right. The following pairs are the same: 1 and 8; 2 and 9; 3 and 6; 4 and 7. Layers 5 and 10 do not have matches.

Which statements about this diagram are true? Check all that apply.

Layers 5 and 7 are the same age.

Faulting created the differences in layers.

Erosion created the differences in layers.

Layers 2 and 9 are the same age.

The organisms in 1 and 8 lived tens of millions of years apart.

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Stafford

Biology

22 November, 14:57

Rock layer diagram. 5 layers on each side of a fault. Layers 1 to 5, top to bottom on the left, layers 6 to 10, top to bottom on the right. The following pairs are the same: 1 and 8; 2 and 9; 3 and 6; 4 and 7. Layers 5 and 10 do not have matches.

Which statements about this diagram are true? Check all that apply.

Layers 5 and 7 are the same age.

Faulting created the differences in layers.

Erosion created the differences in layers.

Layers 2 and 9 are the same age.

The organisms in 1 and 8 lived tens of millions of years apart.

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Lilianna Bender · Answer 1

B) Faulting created the differences in layers. D) Layers 2 and 9 are the same age.

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Chief · Answer 2

"Which statements about this diagram are true? Check all that apply.

Layers 5 and 7 are the same age."

Addition**

Always layers in the same state and condition also position along the soil profile are the same age but may have different characters (soil catena) but the diagram is absent