Question

Identify the relative age of the layers in the diagram below. Identify the oldest layer first.

Answer 1

In the process of relative dating, scientists do not determine the exact age of a fossil or rock but look at a sequence of rocks to try to decipher the times that an event occurred relative to the other events represented in that sequence. The relative age of a rock then is its age in comparison with other rocks.so that concludes the layer Q is the oldest layer.

Answer 2

Layer Q is the oldest layer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The oldest layer is the layer on the very bottom, faults or intrusions that pass through rock layers are younger than the rock layers they pass. The intrusion is younger than Layer N, Layer B, and Layer Q. Layer Q is the oldest layer.

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