Which evidence would confirm that a given rock layer is newer than the layers around it?(1 point)

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It is horizontally-oriented.
It is horizontally-oriented.

It cuts through all the other layers.
It cuts through all the other layers.

Other layers have been deposited above it.
Other layers have been deposited above it.

It has been crumpled and folded, while the other layers lie flat.

Answer 1

The evidence that would confirm that a given rock layer is newer than the layers around it is:

It cuts through all the other layers.

This is because the principle of cross-cutting relationships states that a geologic feature (such as a fault or igneous intrusion) that cuts through another feature is younger than the feature it cuts through.