Fill in the blank to complete each statement about measuring an earthquake’s magnitude. The scale is best used to measure the strength of small, nearby earthquakes. The magnitude scale is useful for measuring the strength of earthquakes of all sizes and at all distances from a seismograph.

Nwhich situations is the principle of cross-cutting relationships useful in determining relative age? check all that apply. a fault breaks through sedimentary layers. sedimentary layers form and then are tilted. igneous rock forms between sedimentary layers. sedimentary layers form over millions of years in a lake bottom. lava flows form on top of one another from several eruptions over time.