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Geologic Time and Sedimentary Rocks

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Types of sedimentary rocks include all the following except for ___

a)

Clastic rocks

b)

Evaporates rocks

c)

Petrified wood

d)

Organic rocks

2.

All are examples of sedimentary rocks, except for

a)

Bituminous Coal

b)

Marble

c)

Limestone

d)

Shale

3.

A clastic rock is

a)

An extrusive rock composed of pyroclasts

b)

A rock formed through precipitation of minerals

c)

A rock composed of organic material like shells

d)

A rock composed of rock framents

4.

Ripple marks preserved in a sandstone indicate

a)

The rock was deposited by a river, lake or ocean

b)

The rock was deposited in a low energy environment

c)

The rock is a metamorphic rock

d)

The rock should have fossils in it

5.

The most common type of fossils are of ___

a)

Dinasours

b)

Early humans

c)

Aquatic organism like microorganisms,shells and fish

d)

Plants

6.

Layering of rock is called ______

a)

Bedding

b)

Stratification

c)

Clastics

d)

Cementation

7.

Which period of time is the longest?

a)

Eon

b)

Era

c)

Period

d)

Epoch

8.

The Mesozoic Eon 245 million years ago is composed of all the following periods except for ____

a)

Ordovician

b)

Cretaceous

c)

Jurassic

d)

Triassic

9.

We are currently living in ____

a)

The Precambrian Eon

b)

The Paleozoic Eon

c)

The Cenozoic Era

d)

The Mesozoic Eon

10.

How many mass extinctions are thought to have occurred on Earth?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

11.

A sharp decrease in the number of species living on the planet is due to ____

a)

Collapse of the food chain

b)

Meteorite impact

c)

Climate change

d)

Hunting

12.

The KT Boundary occurs between which time periods

a)

Permian and Triassic

b)

Proterozoic and Cambian

c)

Cretaceous and Tertiary

d)

Quaternary and the Pleistocene