Help your students build real understanding of cross cutting relationships through ninety questions that move from basic recognition to genuine reasoning about how the Earth works.
The set includes questions like "Which scenario best illustrates the principle of cross-cutting relationships?", "What is indicated by a granite intrusion that cuts through a sedimentary layer?", and "If a sedimentary layer is tilted and then covered by a lava flow, what is true about the lava flow?"
Because the three worksheets share the same content in three different formats, you can spread them across the week: one for diagnosis, one for practice, and one for assessment, without repeating a single question.
This set is part of a NGSS aligned earth science unit. The unit also covers Introduction to Geologic Time, Layers of Rock, Fossils and the Rock Record, Relative and Absolute Dating, Geological Timeline Creation, and Mass Extinctions, all in the same three worksheet format, so your classroom routine stays familiar while the topic changes.
Suitable for Grade 6-8 earth science classes, and for review at any point in the school year. This set is aligned to NGSS standard MS-ESS1-4.
