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SC.7.E.6.2 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

What two processes are essential to the creation of sedimentary rock?

a)

sedimentation and lithification

b)

cementation and sedimentation

c)

compaction and cementation

d)

creation and dictation

2.

select all 3 types of soft sediment

a)

silt

b)

glass

c)

sand

d)

mud

e)

porcelain

3.

"Lith" means...

(a)  

4.

During compaction, sediment is squeezed together causing the volume of soft sediment to

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

5.

What two minerals usually fill the spaces between soft sediment during the cementation process?

a)

faldite

b)

calcite

c)

dynamite

d)

quartz

e)

diorite

6.

Choose all that apply:


Sedimentary rock characteristics include...

a)

preserves signs of life such as fossils and animal tracks

b)

usually dark in color and shiny. May also contain bubbles

c)

generally arranged in layers known as strata

d)

formed by heat and pressure

e)

using light gray or brown in color

7.

Metamorphic rock usually starts as

a)

igneous rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

sedimentary rock

d)

igneous and sedimentary rock

e)

metamorphic and igneous rock

8.

Metamorphic rock can only be formed underground.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Blank Answer Choice(Do not Choose)

9.

What two agents of metamorphic rock usually work together and increase as you move deeper inside of the Earth?

a)

heat

b)

strain

c)

fluids

d)

pressure

10.

What are the two scales of metamorphism?

a)

Contact(Local) & Non-Contact

b)

Contact(Local) & Regional

c)

Regional & Trans-Regional

11.

What scale of metamorphism usually occurs deep underground during mountain-building episodes?

a)

Contact(local) metamorphism

b)

Regional metamorphism

c)

Transregional metamorphism

12.

Local metamorphism occurs when igneous intrusions get very close to earth's surface. This usually changes sedimentary and igneous rock into metamorphic rock due to the intense

a)

heat

b)

pressure

c)

fluids

d)

strain

13.

Igneous rock is formed from the cooling and/or crystallization of

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

ONLY lava

d)

ONLY magma

14.

Extrusive Igneous rock is formed from

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

Lava or magma

15.

Intrusive igneous rock is formed from

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

lava & magma

16.

The deeper the magma is beneath Earth's surface, the ________ the magma cools, and the ______ the mineral crystal size in an igneous rock becomes.

a)

slower ; smaller

b)

faster ; larger

c)

slower ; larger

d)

faster ; larger

17.

Choose the agents of Erosion

a)

water

b)

waves

c)

wind

d)

ice

e)

gravity

18.

What does the "S" in the acronym S.A.F.E.TE stand for?

( 5 types of mechanical weathering)

(a)  

19.

what two processes produce sand, silt, mud, and clay?

a)

Weathering and erosion

b)

sedimentation and lithification

c)

process of elimination

d)

cementation and compaction

20.

Where does the rock cycle begin?

a)

soft sediments such as sand, silt, mud, and clay

b)

lava or magma

c)

through the core of mountain ranges

d)

Ms. LeBeaux, this is a trick question!