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Fossil Fuels and Sedimentary Rocks

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Weathering is...

a)

carried away

b)

breaking down

c)

compaction

2.

When sediments are carried away by wind, water, ice or gravity is it called?

a)

deposition

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

heat and pressure

3.

The formation of sedimentary rocks is described as WEDCC, what does that stand for?

a)

watering, erosion, dropping, carrying, collection

b)

weathering, erosion, dropping, cementing, collecting

c)

weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction

d)

weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

4.

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation happens in the sedimentary process. What else happens?

a)

collecting of organic matter

b)

cooling

c)

heat and pressure

d)

evaporation

5.

which is NOT a process of fossil fuels formation?

a)

heat and pressure

b)

forming of layers of organic matter

c)

decaying plants

d)

melting

6.

Students make a model of a sedimentary rock with play dough and small pieces of rock. what should they do with these materials to make a sedimentary rock model?

a)

throw it

b)

separate the materials into groups

c)

heat and pressure by pushing it together

7.

students are making a model of coal. They start with the first step, what materials should they use for their coal model?

a)

minerals

b)

sediments

c)

rocks

d)

decayed plants

8.

In the formation of sedimentary rock and fossil fuels, what do they both have in common?

a)

heat and pressure

b)

rain, wind, ice

c)

weathering

d)

wind and gravity

9.

fossil fuels are...

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

not natural resources

10.

an example of a type of sedimentary rock is...

a)

aluminum

b)

sandstone

c)

sediments

11.

formation of oil begins with decaying organism in the ocean , then---

a)

plants die

b)

carried away by waves/currents

c)

deposition occurs and the sediments become buried

12.

fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because....

a)

they are formed by sediments

b)

they take a long period of time to form

c)

they take a short amount of time to form