Sedimentary Rock & Fossil Fuel Post Assessment

Sedimentary Rocks & Fossil Fuels

Match

Identify each image that shows the sequence for the formation of sedimentary

rock.

• 1.

• 2.

• 3.

Deposition

Compaction

Cementation

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

Multiple Choice

• A

• B

• C

• D

Open Ended

Why are fossil fuels most often in sedimentary rocks rather than igneous or metamorphic rocks?

Match

Match each term to its definition

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Sediment

• Deposition

The hardening of materials into rock.

Pressure squeezing rock layers together.

A tiny piece of rock.

Sediments dropped off into a new place.

• The hardening of materials into rock.

• Pressure squeezing rock layers together.

• A tiny piece of rock.

• Sediments dropped off into a new place.

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Complete the following paragraph:

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rock forms in layers. First, rock is ​

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into sediment, eroded into a new place, and ​

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in layers. The layers get heavier and press down on each other during ​

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. Finally, minerals act like glue to hold the sedimentary rock together during ​

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