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Sedimentary Rock Formation (5.7A)

Authored by Stefany Ramirez

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5th Grade

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Sedimentary Rock Formation (5.7A)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of Sedimentary Rock?

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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The model below 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.

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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The diagram below shows the sequence of the processes that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram?

Melting and cooling

Erosion and compaction

Compaction and cementation

Evaporation and dissolving

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then –

buried and squeezed and cemented together.

melted by the heat of the Earth’s core.

completely dissolved in salt water in the ocean.

used by humans as a natural resource.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Small particles of broken down rock can be formed into sedimentary rock when they are buried and then -

melted completely because of extreme heat.

compressed and cemented together.

pushed upward and exposed to wind and water.

contaminated by underground nuclear material.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

the process by which dissolved minerals in the water glue particles of sediment together into one rock.

fossils

compaction

cementation

weathering

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

the process by which sediments are pressed together (squeeze) under water and layers of other sediments (pressure).

compaction

cementation

fossils

Sedimentary Rock

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