Earth Science: Sedimentary, Igneous & Metamorphic

Base your answer to the next questions on the table below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The data table describes some types of limestone.
Which limestone is classified as inorganic?

• chalk

• coquina

• coral

• travertine

Base your answer on the three bedrock outcrops below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The outcrops, labeled I, II, and III, are located within 15 kilometers of each other. Lines AB and CD represent unconformities. Line XY represents a fault. No overturning of the layers has occurred. Which processes produced the brown siltstone layer in outcrops I and II?

• cooling and solidification of mafic lava at Earth's surface

• cooling and solidification of felsic magma deep within Earth

• compaction and cementation of rock fragments ranging in size from 0.006 to 0.2 centimeter in diameter

• compaction and cementation of rock fragments ranging in size from 0.0004 to 0.006 centimeter in diameter

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A mixture of rounded pebbles and sand was deposited in a river. Over time, these sediments were compacted and cemented together to form the sedimentary rock

• conglomerate

• sandstone

• breccia

• shale

Which rock is composed of a mineral that can be used for the production of cement?

• basalt

• limestone

• rock salt

• rock gypsum

Which rock is classified as an evaporite?

• clastic shale

• foliated phyllite

• nonfoliated marble

• crystalline rock salt

Base your answer on the photograph below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The photograph shows a sandstone erosional feature that formed near the Grand Canyon, in southwestern United States. What is the range of grain sizes that are most commonly found in rock making up this feature?

• 0.0004 cm – 0.006 cm

• 0.006 cm – 0.2 cm

• 0.2 cm – 6.4 cm

• 6.4 cm – 25.6 cm

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Which map symbol is used to represent rock that formed as a result of the evaporation of seawater?

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What is the texture of inorganic land-derived sedimentary rocks?

• bioclastic

• crystalline

• clastic

• vesicular

Which conditions could most likely produced a decrease in the water level in a lake?

• Runoff exceed precipitation.

• Precipitation exceed runoff.

• Evaporation exceed precipitation

• Precipitation exceed evaporation

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Which mineral precipitates from oceans and forms rock salt?

• quartz

• fluorite

• halite

• olivine

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