Sedimentary Rocks - Mastery Ticket

Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

what kind of rock is formed when debris is buried, compresses and cemented together? 

• Metmaorphic
• Magma
• Sedimetnary
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_{Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.}

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?

• weather patterns
• tiny crystals
• striped layers
• glassy surfaces

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

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 a lake to form Sedimentary Rock.

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Some students make a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock. The students pour 2 centimeters of light-colored sand into a clear plastic box. Then they add 1 centimeter of gravel. Finally they pour 2 centimeters of dark-colored sand on top of the gravel. Which characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model best show?

• Sedimentary rock is made of layers.

• Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.

• Sedimentary rock is often limestone.

• Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

The model above shows layers of sediment on the floor of an ocean. Which of the following best explains how these layers can 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 into rock.

• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of the earth

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• chemical Rock

Two ways to describe igneous rocks are _____

• Intrusive and Extrusive
• Gray and White
• Foliated and Non-Foliated
• Clastic and Biochemical