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Sed. Rock and Fossil Fuels Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What factors can lead to the formation of a sedimentary rock?

a)

melting and solidification

b)

extreme heat and pressure

c)

compaction and cementation

2.
When the weight of new  sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers
a)
erosion
b)
compaction
c)
pressure
d)
weathering
3.
When an agent of erosion loses energy, it drops sediments:
a)
Desalination
b)
Disagregation
c)
Deposition
d)
Delimination
4.
The forces that are involved in producing sediments are
a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Ebb and Flow
c)
Spring and Neap
d)
Round and Round
5.
The process that squeezes sediments under pressure.
a)
Compaction
b)
Acretion
c)
Containerism
d)
Cementation
6.
When water, wind, ice or gravity removes pieces of rock, __ has occurred.
a)
Elaboration
b)
E-filing
c)
Eliminating
d)
Erosion
7.
Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
F
8.

The diagram below shows the sequence of the processes that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram?

a)

Melting and cooling

b)

Erosion and compaction

c)

Compaction and cementation

d)

Evaporation and dissolving

9.

Which of the following correctly completes the Sedimentary Rock Cycle?

a)

A = Compaction, B = Erosion, C = Cementation

b)

A = Erosion, B = Compaction, C = Cementation

c)

A = Cementation, B = Compaction, C = Erosion

d)

A = Erosion, B = Cementation, C = Compaction

10.

Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of sedimentary rock? (5.7A)

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Sediments are falling into the layers. What is NOT needed to make sedimentary rocks?

a)

millions of years

b)

organic matter

c)

layers of sediment

d)

compaction and cementation

12.

Which layer is the oldest?

a)

siltstone

b)

conglomerate

c)

limestone

d)

mudstone

13.

Sedimentary rocks are formed because of

a)

compaction and cementation

b)

compaction and compression

c)

compression and pressure

d)

heat and cementation

14.

Most fossils form from

a)

the muscles and organs of the animals body

b)

the bones, horns and teeth of an animal

c)

the skin of an animal

d)

the fur of an animal

15.

Sedimentary rocks form in

a)

crystal shapes

b)

a large mixture of different sediments

c)

layers of sediments stacked on top of each other

16.

Sedimentary rocks take _______________ to form

a)

millions of years

b)

hundreds of years

c)

a few years

d)

a few months

17.

Fossils are an important source of

a)

fuel for making electricity

b)

fuel for our cars

c)

information about life on Earth a long time ago

d)

information about life on Earth now

18.
Which fossil is the youngest?
a)
fossil 1
b)
fossil 2
c)
fossil 3
d)
fossil 4
19.
According to this fossil record. What type of environment was there first?
a)
land
b)
lava
c)
ocean
d)
forest
20.
You find shark tooth and fish fossils in an area that is now a forrest. What can you infer about the history of this place?
a)
The area was once a valley
b)
The area was once a desert
c)
The area was once covered in ice
d)
The area was once an ocean
21.
This fossil record has many shells.  This evidence helps you infer that.....
Look closely at answer choices- TRICKY!
a)
there was never an ocean here
b)
land was here first then ocean
c)
an ocean used to be here for a long time
d)
ocean was here for a short time
22.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
23.
Renewable resources are:
a)
Materials that are found on Earth that people use
b)
Rock that contains metal 
c)
Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
d)
Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 
24.

Trees are renewable resources.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Fossil Fuels are

a)

pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

b)

rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

26.

The liquid form of fossil fuels is ___.

a)

coal

b)

petroleum

c)

natural gas

d)

gasoline

27.

The gas form of fossil fuels is ____.

a)

petroleum

b)

natural gas

c)

coal

d)

heat

28.

The solid form of fossil fuels is _______.

a)

petroleum

b)

crude oil

c)

natural gas

d)

coal

29.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of fossil fuels?

a)

They are non-renewable.

b)

They produce harmful pollution.

c)

They can easily be replaced as they are used.

d)

They are inexpensive.

30.

Fossil fuels were formed from ____.

a)

the remains of once living organisms.

b)

the earth.

c)

solids, liquids, and gases, made millions of years ago.

d)

sun and water.

31.

Natural gas and petroleum were both formed _____.

a)

in swamp lands.

b)

under ancient seas.

c)

on the surface of the oceans.

d)

underground.

32.

Coal was formed ______.

a)

under ancient seas.

b)

in swamps and marshes.

c)

in caves.

d)

under oceans.

33.

Are fossil fuels renewable or non renewable?

a)

renewable

b)

non renewable