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WorksheetsSedimentary Rocks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What sized sediment makes shale?
a)
Sand
b)
Clay
c)
Cobble
2.
What size sediment makes sandstone?
a)
Pebble
b)
Silt
c)
Sand
3.
Name this rock.
a)
lithographic limestone
b)
breccia
c)
coal
d)
conglomerate
4.
The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock
a)
weathering
b)
sediment
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
5.
Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
This rock is made of the remains of dead sea creatures (which have turned into oil). What type of sedimentary rock is it?
a)
Clastic
b)
Basalt
c)
Limestone
d)
Sandstone
7.
Sediment becomes sedimentary rock when...
a)
seashells and fossils mix with sediment
b)
the wind, weather, and ice freeze sediment together
c)
sediment settles in layers and the weight squeezes the layers to form a rock
8.
What characteristic do sedimentary rocks often have?
a)
weather patterns
b)
tiny crystals
c)
striped layers
d)
glassy surfaces
9.
This rock is gray and made from clay. What type of sedimentary rock is pictured?
a)
Sandstone
b)
Siltstone
c)
Shale
d)
Andesite
10.
Which Sedimentary rock can burn and is also a fossil fuel?
a)
Halite
b)
Coal
c)
Shale
d)
Limestone
11.
What size is the sediment that makes up conglomerate?
a)
Clay
b)
Silt
c)
Sand
d)
Gravel or pebbles
12.
Name this rock.
a)
obsidian
b)
shale
c)
slate
d)
coal
13.
Name this rock.
a)
coal
b)
sandstone
c)
igneous
d)
limestone
14.
What type of rock can be made by glaciers?
a)
conglomerate
b)
sandstone
c)
shale
d)
coal
15.
The process of breaking down the earth's surface is called what?
a)
erosion
b)
smashing
c)
runoff
d)
weathering
16.
Rounded rocks are made from which process?
a)
wind
b)
rain
c)
ice
d)
rivers
17.
The process a rock goes through to become sedimentary rock is Weathering, _______________, depositions and pressure.
What is the missing process?
What is the missing process?
a)
water
b)
erosion
c)
wash
d)
mud
18.
The process of sediment resting at the bottom of a river is called?
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
pressure
19.
What is process of pieces soil or rock moving away from its original place is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
traveling
20.
What type of rock contains fossils?
a)
igneous
b)
magma
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
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