Question

Which evidence would confirm that a given rock later is newer than the layers around it. 1. It has been crumpled in folded, while the other layers lie flat. 2. It cuts through all the other layers. 3. Other layers have been deposited above it. 4. It is horizontally oriented.???

Answer 1

Answer:

Option 2. It cuts through all the other layers

Explanation:

Newer or younger rocks are usually formed from older rocks in the sense that older rocks are broken up, and their by product materials forming together to make younger rocks.

We can simply say that older rocks basically undergo recycling to form newer rocks.

Thus, looking at the given options,

For option 1, the newer rock cannot be crumpled while the others lie flat because it is the old one that is undergoing recycling and therefore the older one is the one that will be crumpled to give way for newer rocks. So it's not true.

For option 2, since they are from older rocks, they will clearly cut through the other layers of the old one because the old one will give way for the new one.

Option 3 is not true for the same reason given for option 1.

Option 4 is not true because there is no standard way in which it will be positioned