Sedimentary Rocks Quiz

Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

The process that presses sediments together

• clastic rock
• cementation
• compaction
• deposition

The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation

The process by which sediment settles out of water or wind

• deposition
• cementation
• sedimentation
• erosion

What is an example of an organic rock?

• coal
• breccia
• rock salt
• shale

sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants and animals

• chemical rock
• organic rock
• clastic rock
• erosion

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Chemical rocks are...

• Made from heat

• Made when water evaporates and minerals crystallize

• Made from dead animals/plants

• Made from pieces of other rocks