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Sedimentary Rocks 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Fossil are typically found in what geographic formation?
a)
archipelagos
b)
volcanoes
c)
layers
d)
sand dunes
2.
What does a paleontologist study? 
a)
trees
b)
fossils
c)
volcanoes
d)
organisms that are alive today
3.
Which fossil is the youngest?
a)
fossil 1
b)
fossil 2
c)
fossil 3
d)
fossil 4
4.
According to the fossil record, which fossil is the oldest?
a)
fossil 5
b)
fossil 2
c)
fossil 3
d)
fossil 4
5.
According to the fossil record, which fossil is the oldest?
a)
fossil 5
b)
fossil 2
c)
fossil 3
d)
fossil 4
6.

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice is known as...

a)

erosion

b)

cementation

c)

pressure

d)

weathering

7.
Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things
a)
sediment
b)
clastic rock
c)
organic rock
d)
deposition
8.

Wind, water, ice and gravity moving sediments from the source rock is known as...

a)

weathering

b)

deposition

c)

erosion

d)

cementation

9.

The process of sediments sticking together due to dissolved minerals crystallizing around the sediments is called...

a)

rock gluing

b)

cooling and crystallization

c)

cementation

d)

heat and pressure

10.

This part of the rock forming process is from the weight of new sediment layers being deposited on top of older layers.

a)

erosion

b)

compaction

c)

pressure

d)

weathering

11.
What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?
a)
Bones and Sediment
b)
Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
c)
Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
d)
Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
12.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil. 
b)
B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
13.

the process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away and moving bits of broken-up rock

a)

weathering

b)

sediment

c)

erosion

d)

cememtation

14.
Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
F
15.
Which type of rock is made when magma cools?
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
all of the above
16.
Sedimentary rocks are made when layers of _____________ are pressed together.
a)
water
b)
sediments
c)
fossils
d)
limestone
17.
Which type of rock is coarse or grainy?
a)
sedimentary
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
all of the above
18.

A clastic sedimentary rock with large pieces of rock in it is called:

a)

chemical

b)

organic

c)

conglomerate

d)

igneous

19.

Sedimentary rocks are

a)

formed form already existing rocks that are weathered,

eroded, compacted and cemented together

b)

cooled on the surface of the Earth from lava

c)

formed below Earth's surface as magma

d)

formed from great heat and pressure

20.

This is coal. Coal is formed from once living organisms They may form from carbon-rich plant material or from deposits of animals’ shells. This type of sedimentary rock is called:

a)

Organic

b)

Chemical

c)

Clastic

21.

This is coal. Coal is formed from once living organisms They may form from carbon-rich plant material or from deposits of animals’ shells. This type of sedimentary rock is called:

a)

Organic

b)

Chemical

c)

Clastic