Question

Examine the Florida map shown below. Using the principal of superposition, which of the following statements is correct?

Layers A and B are the same age.
Layers C and D are the same age.
Layers A and B are older than layers C and D.
Layers C and D are older than layers A and B.

Answer 1

Layers A and B are older than layers C and D.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Layers A and B are the same age.

The correct statement is "Layers A and B are the same age."

This a term used in Geology. The principle of superposition says that the lower stratum of stratified sedimentary rock is the oldest. It serves geologists as a relative form of dating rocks. It was Nicolas Steno in 1669, the Danish scientists that first referred to the law of superposition.