Question

Groups of fossil plants and animals follow each other in a definite and determinable order, and any period of geologic time can be recognized by its respective fossils. This is a statement of the _____.


law of superposition


principle of cross-cutting relationships


principle of fossil succession


principle of original horizontality

Answer 1

This is a statement of the **principle of fossil succession**. This principle states that different layers of rock contain distinct fossils that follow a specific chronological order, allowing geologists to identify and correlate the ages of the rock layers based on their fossil content.