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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
erosion
weathering
sediments
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
magma, lava, crystals
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
heat and pressure
erosion and deposition
melting and cooling
Geologists are scientists that study _______.
rocks
lakes
rivers
animals
According to the Law of ______________, sedimentary rock
layers are laid down on top of each other. In
order for the rock layer to form, a layer of rock must have existed below it.
Superposition
Horizontality
Unconformities
Uniformitarianism
Which layer is the oldest?
A
B
C
D
Which layer is the youngest?
D
C
A
B
Which of the following is tue?
A fault is younger than the rock layers that it goes through.
A fault is older than the rock layers that it goes through.
The rock layers are younger than the fault that cuts through it.
Layer B on side #1 (left) is a match to which layer on side #2 (right)?
z
y
w
there is no match
Which of the fossils is the oldest?
Dinosaur
Bird
Shell
Ammonite
B is ________than A
younger
older
the same
System of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy (study of rock layers) to time
Uniformatarianism
Geological Time Scale
Fossil Record
relative dating
What type of rock is H
Shale
Sedimentary rock
Siltstone
Limestone
Stratigraphy is the study of ____ _______
Uniformatarianism
Rock strata
Geology
Rock cycle
A series of processes on and beneath the earth's surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
Law of superposition
Rock cycle
Rock strata
Uniformatarianism
What geological concept does this picture represent?
Uniformatarianism
Absolute dating
Relative dating
Geological Time scale
