WorksheetsFossil Fuels and Sedimentary Rocks
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Weathering is...
carried away
breaking down
compaction
When sediments are carried away by wind, water, ice or gravity is it called?
deposition
weathering
erosion
heat and pressure
The formation of sedimentary rocks is described as WEDCC, what does that stand for?
watering, erosion, dropping, carrying, collection
weathering, erosion, dropping, cementing, collecting
weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction
weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation happens in the sedimentary process. What else happens?
collecting of organic matter
cooling
heat and pressure
evaporation
which is NOT a process of fossil fuels formation?
heat and pressure
forming of layers of organic matter
decaying plants
melting
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?
throw it
separate the materials into groups
heat and pressure by pushing it together
students are making a model of coal. They start with the first step, what materials should they use for their coal model?
minerals
sediments
rocks
decayed plants
In the formation of sedimentary rock and fossil fuels, what do they both have in common?
heat and pressure
rain, wind, ice
weathering
wind and gravity
fossil fuels are...
renewable
nonrenewable
not natural resources
an example of a type of sedimentary rock is...
aluminum
sandstone
sediments
formation of oil begins with decaying organism in the ocean , then---
plants die
carried away by waves/currents
deposition occurs and the sediments become buried
fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because....
they are formed by sediments
they take a long period of time to form
they take a short amount of time to form
