Unit 3 Earth's Features- Chapter 2

What type of rock would you likely find fossils in?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• volcanic

• basalt

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Choose all the examples of sediment

• sand

• clay

• silt

• organism

The process of forming sediments takes thousands of years.

• True

• False

When sedimentary rocks form, what part of the process comes first?

• Compacting

• Cementing

What is another word for sediments to stick together to form rocks?

• cement

• compact

• stable

• unstable

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Different sedimentary rock layers in a place mean that the environment in that place has changed over time.

• true

• false

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What two things do geologist observe that gives them ideas about what an environment was like in the past?

• rocks

• stability

• fossils

• other environments

• organisms

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Organize the process of sedimentary rock formation

• sediments sink through water, cement, sediment builds up, and compact to form rock layers.

• sediments sink through water, sediment builds up, cement, and compact to form rocks

• sediments sink through water, sediment builds up, compact, and cement to form rocks

• sediments sink through water, compact, cement, and sediments build up to form rock layers.

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An are with living and nonliving things is called __________

• environment

• stability

• rock layers

• sedimentary rock

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Which are examples of environments?

• Siltstone

• Basalt

• river

• ocean

• volcanic rock

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