You Are Hiking in the Mountains and Come Across a Cliff

question 63

Multiple Choice

You are hiking in the mountains and come across a cliff in which a vein of igneous rock is cutting across the layers of sedimentary rock in the area. The igneous rock is ____ than the sedimentary rock.

• A) younger
• B) older
• C) thicker
• D) thinner
• E) dipping more steeply

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