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WorksheetsSedimentary Rocks
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
cementation
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
2.
What sized sediment makes shale?
a)
Sand
b)
Clay
c)
Cobble
3.
Which is smaller?
Clay or Silt
Clay or Silt
a)
Clay
b)
Silt
4.
Which is bigger?
Boulder or Cobble
Boulder or Cobble
a)
Boulder
b)
Cobble
5.
Which is bigger?
Silt, Cobble, or Sand
Silt, Cobble, or Sand
a)
Silt
b)
Cobble
c)
Sand
6.
What size sediment makes sandstone?
a)
Pebble
b)
Silt
c)
Sand
7.
Name one size of sediment that can make breccia or conglomerate.
a)
Clay
b)
Pebble
c)
Sand
8.
What rock is made from sand?
a)
Siltstone
b)
Gravel
c)
Sandstone
9.
How is sediment classified/grouped?
a)
By color
b)
By hardness
c)
By size
10.
What does clastic mean?
a)
Compacted sediment
b)
Magma made the rock
c)
The rock has crystals
11.
Sedimentary rocks are formed by
a)
Cooling of lava or magma
b)
Heat and pressure
c)
Compacting and cementing
12.
How is sediment formed?
a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Melting
c)
Pressure
13.
What is the breaking down of rocks?
a)
Weathering
b)
Clastic
c)
Vesicular
14.
What is deposition?
a)
Pieces of sediment come to rest on a surface
b)
Movement of sediment
c)
Breaking down of sediment
15.
Fossils are made by
a)
Plants dying
b)
Animals or plants are imprinted on a layer of sedimentary rock
c)
Breaking down of rocks
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