Geology Review

This type of soil is fertile and can hold water and is excellent for growing plants.

• Clay Soil

• Loamy Soil

• Sediment

• Sandy Soil

When there are extreme changes in temperatures, causing rocks to expand and contract, the cycle of heating and cooling is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• condensation

Caves are

• weathered mountains.

• created through the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• are the only landforms created by weathering.

• are formed by deposition only.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

• Cooling of lava or magma

• Earthquakes releasing lava from the core

• Compacting and cementing

When sediments stick together its called . . . 

• cementation
• compaction
• deposition
• erosion

What are the three fossil fuels that form in sedimentary rock?

• solar, oil (petroleum), and wind power

• coal, biofuels, and oil (petroleum)

• coal, oil(petroleum), natural gas

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Which of the following answers describes the correct order of the formation of fossil fuels?

• coal, plants and animal die, sediments are deposited, pressure, and heat.
• Humans create the fossil fuels in a lab. 
• Fossil fuel are created through the process of photosynthesis.
• plants and animals die, layers of sediment, pressure, heat, time, then coal or oil or natural gas 

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Most sedimentary rock forms in the ocean. This is because oceans-

• emit much less pollution than most other habitats
• receive the majority of the Sun's energy
• have fewer plants and animals than on land
• are where most bits of broken rock get deposited

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False