Rocks and Fossils Test

Clams live at the seashore. Fossils of clams were found in a rock layer directly below a rock layer that contained tree fossils. This is evidence can be used to support the idea that-

• Fossils form more quickly at the seashore than in other places.

• Clams and tress are always found in the same area.

• The area where the fossils were found changed over time.

• The layer containing the trees is older that the clam layer.

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Under the ice in the artic are rocks with fossils. Some of those fossils are of plants that only grow in warm places. What does finding this fossil there tell us?

• This are was not always cold.

• Some plants can grow in rock.

• Rock is always covered with ice.

• The artic is not a very cold place.

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Which of the following processes is an early step in the formation of sedimentary rock?

• Weathering of existing rock

• Crystallization of molten rock

• Melting of rock in volcanoes

• Chemical reactions that produce heat

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Sedimentary rock can contain evidence of life because all of the following are properties of sedimentary rock EXCEPT-

• it can be made from mud

• it is created under the ocean

• it is formed by melting rock

• It can contain organic material.

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Geologists might recognize a metamorphic rock by layers that are distorted and wavy because they were caused by -

• compaction and cementation

• melting and crystallization

• erosion and deposition

• pressure and heat

Rocks formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Rocks that have changed by intense heat or pressure while forming in the very hot and pressured conditions deep inside the Earth’s Crust.

• Sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Layers of rock formed when sediment is deposited and then compacted and cemented over time.

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

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Rock arrangements, such as sea stacks, arches, mesas, and gorges, created by weathering, erosion, and other natural processes.

• fossil

• rock cycle

• rock formations

• investigate

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Formed over millions of years from the remains of living organisms, can be used as a natural nonrenewable fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas.

• rock cycle

• rock formations

• fossil

• metamorphic rock

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