Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuels Recap

Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuels Skills Check

Let's see what you know!

Multiple Choice

The breaking down of rocks into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion

• pressure

• cementation

• weathering

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows layers deposited under bodies of water. This layering continued for millions of years. What most likely happen to the dead plants and animals?

• They were eaten by scavengers.

• They became fossil fuels.

• They were washed away by water.

• They became underground aquifer.

Multiple Choice

What rock process drops sediments in a new place?

• erosion

• cementation

• weathering

• deposition

Multiple Choice

Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of sedimentary rock?

Multiple Choice

Erosion is one of the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock. Which of these best describes the process of erosion?

• Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain in the same location.

• Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock.

• Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another.

• Sediment grains fall to the bottom of the lake to form sedimentary layers.

Multiple Choice

If you found this type of fossil it would tell you that a large lake used to be there.

• butterfly fossil

• mouse fossil

• Eel fossil

• leaf fossil

Multiple Choice

The process of layers become stuck together like glue forming sedimentary rock ..

• pressure

• decaying

• erosion

• cementation

Multiple Choice

The model shows layers sediment on the floor of the ocean Which best explains how these layers become rock over many years?

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.

• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment to rock

• Pollution by humans turns sediment into rock.

Multiple Choice

All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT-

• decomposed animals

• decayed plants

• sedimentary rocks

• active volcanoes

Multiple Choice

Fossil fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled on the seafloor. What kind of particles needed to be present in order for fossil fuels to be formed?

• Mostly sand and pieces of wood

• Mostly decayed organisms.

• Cooled lava rocks

• Mostly metal minerals.

Multiple Choice

Which list contains only processes that must occur in order for fossil fuels to form?

• Formation of faults, burial, glacial formation

• Organism growth, burial, volcanic activity

• Organism growth, burial, compaction

• Erosion, burial, earthquakes

Multiple Choice

The model shows a process that took place over time. Which process will this most likely represent?

• The erosion of a coastline

• The deposition of sediments

• The weathering of a mountain

• The formation of a sea