5.7A Formation of Sedimentary Rock & Fossil Fuels

The BREAKING DOWN of rocks into sediment (or small pieces) by wind, water of ice is know as ____

• WEATHERING

• EROSION

• DEPOSITION

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The MOVEMENT of sediment (or small pieces) by wind, water of ice is know as ____

• WEATHERING

• EROSION

• DEPOSITION

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DROPPING of sediment (or small pieces) in another location is known as  ____

• WEATHERING

• EROSION

• DEPOSITION

In sedimentary rock, which is the oldest layer?

• Top layer

• Middle layer

• Bottom layer

What is COMPACTION?

• The "gluing" together of layers

• The "squeezing" or "pushing" down of layers

Cementation occurs after layers have been compacted, or squeezed, together - what is CEMENTATION? 

• The "gluing" together of layers

• The "squeezing" or "pushing down" of layers

After time, in addition to pressure, what else is required (and caused by layers of sediment building up on top of each other) to "glue" the layers together?

• Heat

• Ice

• Organic material

Organisms (plants & animals) may die and get buried by layers of these sediments. Sometimes these organisms form a MODEL or IMPRINT in the rocks, known as ___

• STATUES

• FOSSILS

• ARTIFACTS

Non-fossilized organisms, or those that are not eaten by other animals, continue to decompose and decay and get covered by more sediments. The continual burial of sediments over millions of years turn them into FOSSIL FUELS -

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is NOT a Fossil Fuel?

• COAL

• OIL (Petroleum)

• NATURAL GAS

• WOOD