WorksheetsSedimentary Rock Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
cementation
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
2.
Which is bigger?
Silt, Cobble, or Sand
Silt, Cobble, or Sand
a)
Silt
b)
Cobble
c)
Sand
3.
Name one size of sediment that can make breccia or conglomerate.
a)
Clay
b)
Pebble
c)
Sand
4.
How is sediment classified/grouped?
a)
By color
b)
By hardness
c)
By size
5.
How is sediment formed?
a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Melting
c)
Pressure
6.
Sedimentary rocks are formed by
a)
Cooling of lava or magma
b)
Heat and pressure
c)
Compacting and cementing
7.
What is the breaking down of rocks?
a)
Weathering
b)
Clastic
c)
Vesicular
8.
Rock made of layers of compressed sediments
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
school house rock
9.
Small pieces of rock are also called
a)
sediment
b)
coal
c)
organic matter
d)
erosion
10.
Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
11.
Sediment that is left behind in rivers lakes and oceans
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
cementation
d)
deposition
12.
When the weight of new sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers
a)
erosion
b)
compaction
c)
pressure
d)
weathering
13.
This rock is made of salts left behind when a shallow sea evaporated. What type of sedimentary rock is it?
a)
Clastic
b)
Chemical
c)
Organic
14.
This rock is made of large bits of gravel cemented together. What type of sedimentary rock is it?
a)
Clastic
b)
Chemical
c)
Organic
15.
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)
Chemical
c)
Organic
16.
Name this rock.
a)
lithographic limestone
b)
breccia
c)
coal
d)
conglomerate
17.
What type of sedimentary rock is this?
a)
Breccia
b)
Conglomerate
c)
Limestone
d)
Rock Salt
18.
What characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?
a)
weather patterns
b)
tiny crystals
c)
striped layers
d)
glassy surfaces
19.
Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What is the layering of sedimentary rock?
a)
cross-beds
b)
graded bedding
c)
ripple marks
d)
stratification
21.
What is another name for stratified layers?
a)
reverse grading
b)
mud creeks
c)
beds
d)
ripple marks
22.
This is an example of what type of sedimentary rock structure?
a)
massive bed
b)
ripple mark
c)
reverse grading
d)
cross-bed
23.
This is an example of what type of sedimentary rock structure?
a)
massive bed
b)
ripple mark
c)
reverse grading
d)
cross-bed
24.
This is an example of what type of sedimentary rock structure?
a)
concretion
b)
ripple mark
c)
geode
d)
fossil
25.
This is our state stone. It was formed as a result of coral fossilizing. It is a ...
a)
Rock Salt
b)
Coral Stone
c)
Blarney Stone
d)
Petosky Stone
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