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WorksheetsIndependent_May 20, 2020_5.7A
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which statement best describes the processes of weathering and erosion?
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the breakdown of any type of rock into smaller particles and the carrying away of the loose sediments.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for depositing loose sediments on the bottom of the ocean, forming layers of sediment.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the amount of water in a river that transports sediments to the sea.
Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the transportation, deposition and compaction of loose sediments on the seafloor.
Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of Sedimentary Rock?
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The model below shows layers of sediment on the floor of an ocean. Which of the following best explains how these layers can become rock over many years?
Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.
The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.
Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.
Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.
Several layers of sedimentary rock are illustrated. They are in the same order as when they first formed. Which layer formed first?
Rock Layer W
Rock Layer X
Rock Layer Y
Rock Layer Z
Coal, oil, and natural gas are _______________ because they are resources formed over millions of years from the remains of living organisms.
fossils
fossil fuels
organic matter
sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then
melted by the heat of the Earth’s core.
buried and squeezed and cemented together
completely dissolved in salt water in the ocean.
used by humans as a natural resource.
Fossil fuels form in sedimentary rocks when –
plants use the nutrients in sediments to grow.
organic matter is buried along with sediments.
sediments are used by humans as a resource.
rivers carry sediments down mountainsides.
What most likely happened to the dead plants and animals?
They were eaten by scavengers.
They became fossils fuels
They was washed away by water.
They became a underground aquifer.
Which of the following locations would most likely produce sedimentary rock after much time has passed?
