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Sedimentary Processes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organic matter in soil is also called

a)

humus

b)

regolith

c)

talus

d)

loam

2.

soil texture is determined by

a)

water content

b)

particle size

c)

thickness

d)

mineral composition

3.

in soils with distinct soil horizons, the topmost zone is the

a)

A horizon

b)

B horizon

c)

C horizon

d)

R horizon (bedrock)

4.

What sort of soil has 80% clay, 10% silt, and 10% sand?

a)

loam

b)

silty clay loam

c)

loamy sand

d)

clay

5.

what does the layer below the C horizon contain?

a)

organic matter

b)

unweathered parent material

c)

partially weathered parent material

d)

subsoil

6.

These are the remains or traces of an organism preserved from the geologic past

a)

fossils

b)

rocks

c)

humus

d)

bones

7.

Which environment would not contain fossils?

a)

a thick deposit of dried mud

b)

an intrusive igneous rock formed from cooling magma

c)

layers of sand that accumulated over thousands of years

d)

sediments deposited in a river delta

8.

what is important for an organism to become a fossil?

a)

hard parts and a rapid burial

b)

hard parts and a slow burial

c)

soft bodies and a slow burial

d)

all of the above - body type and speed does not matter

9.

footprints are a type of

a)

trace fossil

b)

mold

c)

carbon film

d)

unaltered remain

10.

When a river enters a large, calm body of water a ____ might form

a)

alluvial fan

b)

sand dune

c)

delta

d)

talus slope

11.

What is the name of this rock

a)

sandstone

b)

conglomerate

c)

shale

d)

coal

12.

What is the classification of this sedimentary rock?

a)

clastic

b)

chemical

c)

organic

13.

What is the name of this rock?

a)

sandstone

b)

shale

c)

coquina

d)

limestone

14.

These dripstone features are which type of sedimentary rock?

a)

clastic

b)

chemical

c)

organic

15.

Chalk and Coquina are types of

a)

coal

b)

igneous rocks

c)

limestone

d)

clastic sedimentary rocks

16.

Limestone is made from

a)

carbon

b)

calcite

c)

mineral grains

d)

halite

17.

What is the name of this rock?

a)

rock salt

b)

graphite

c)

limestone

d)

coal

18.

What is the composition of this rock?

a)

carbon

b)

calcite

c)

mineral grains

d)

halite

19.

How was this rock formed?

a)

chemical

b)

organic

c)

clastic

20.

How is rock salt classified?

a)

chemical sedimentary rock

b)

clastic sedimentary rock

c)

intrusive igneous rock

d)

all of the above