Sedimentary Rock Quiz

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

Small pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion
• cementation 
• pressure
• weathering

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

Sediment that is left behind in rivers lakes and oceans

• weathering
• erosion
• cementation
• deposition

The process of layers become stuck together forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking
• pressuring
• cementation
• deposition

Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• natural gas
• imprints
• photos
• fossils

Sand grains, pebbles, mud, shells, and leaves are all examples of __________________.

• Sediment
• Compaction

Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?

• Weathering
• Erosion

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

• Cooling of lava or magma
• Heat and pressure
• Compacting and cementing