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Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuels

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
cementation
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
2.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

a)

Cooling of lava or magma

b)

Earthquakes releasing lava from the core

c)

Compacting and cementing

3.

What is the breaking down of rocks?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

4.

What is deposition?

a)

Pieces of sediment come to rest, pile up, and deposit on a surface

b)

Movement of sediment from one location to another

c)

Breaking down of sediment from large rock

5.
Water has moved through the area. What is this process called?
a)
compaction
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
compaction
6.
The sediment has been dropped off in a pile. What process happened last?
a)
weathering
b)
compaction
c)
cementation
d)
deposition
7.

Putting pressure on sediments underground is called . . .

a)

deposition

b)

compaction

c)

weathering

d)

erosion

8.
When sediments stick together its called . . . 
a)
cementation
b)
compaction
c)
deposition
d)
erosion
9.
Students create a demonstration by pouring water on a pile of sand. What are they demonstrating?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
compaction
d)
cementation
10.
Organic material inside of sedimentary rock comes from . . . 
a)
animals and plants that perished long ago
b)
a lot of pressure
c)
the deposits of sediment
d)
the ocean
11.
How do fossil fuels form inside of sedimentary rocks? 
a)
The organic material heats up as it decomposes and compacted
b)
lava heats it
c)
the sun warms it
12.

What are the three fossil fuels that form in sedimentary rock?

a)

solar, oil (petroleum), and wind power

b)

coal, biofuels, and oil (petroleum)

c)

coal, oil(petroleum), natural gas

13.
What is the first step in forming coal?
a)
ocean animals buried in sediment
b)
ocean plants buried in sediment
c)
swamp animals buried in sediment
d)
swamp plants buried in sediment millions of years ago
14.

What's the first step in making oil (petroleum)?

a)

ocean micro organisms (plants and animals) buried in sediment millions of years ago

b)

Ocean plants buried in sediment a thousand years ago

c)

swamp plants buried in sediment millions of years ago

d)

organisms buried alive for a few days

15.
How long does it take a complete sedimentary rock to form?
a)
millions of years
b)
thousands of years
16.

All of the following are examples of quick changes to the Earth's surface except....

a)

Volcanic Eruptions

b)

Landslides

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Weathering

17.

How are fossil fuels formed?

a)

Dead organisms fall to the bottom of the floor and are covered in sediment. Heat and pressure turn them into fossil fuels.

b)

Dead organisms are buried.

c)

Fossil fuels are renewable so they are man made every year.

d)

Dead organisms fall to the bottom of the floor and only pressure change it into fossil fuels.

18.
Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Most sedimentary rock forms in the ocean. This is because oceans-
a)
emit much less pollution than most other habitats
b)
receive the majority of the Sun's energy
c)
have fewer plants and animals than on land
d)
are where most bits of broken rock get deposited
20.
Which of the following answers describes the correct order of the formation of fossil fuels?
a)
coal, plants and animal die, sediments are deposited, pressure, and heat.
b)
Humans create the fossil fuels in a lab. 
c)
Fossil fuel are created through the process of photosynthesis.
d)
plants and animals die, layers of sediment, pressure, heat, time, then coal or oil or natural gas