Sedimentary Rocks Quiz

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

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

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Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?

• weathering
• sediment

Which formation process do most sedimentary rocks follow?

• cementation, compaction, deposition, erosion

• erosion, compaction, cementation, deposition

• erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

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Which process best describes compaction?

• particles are squeezed together under pressure

• particles glue together as minerals harden

• sediment settles

The forces that are involved in producing sediments are

• Weathering and Erosion
• Ebb and Flow
• Spring and Neap
• Round and Round

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What kind of rocks can be weathered, eroded, and then lithified to form sedimentary rocks?

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• any kind of rock

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Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made up of fragments of older rocks is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made from the remains of living things is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

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Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made by precipitation of dissolved minerals from water is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

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Rock fragments, which range in size from boulders to cobbles to pebbles to microscopic clay grains, are called

• fossils

• clasts

• geodes

• stratification