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WorksheetsWeathering, Erosion, and Rocks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is not a type of weathering?
Physical
Biological
Chemical
Tropical
Fossiliferous Limestone is classified as which kind of sedimentary rock?
Clastic
Organic
Chemical
Extrusive
Obsidian is what kind of rock?
Igneous (Extrustive)
Sedimentary (Clastic)
Sedimentary (Chemical)
Igneous (Intrusive)
Which of the following is an example of physical weathering?
Rock dissolving in acid rain.
A plant seed growing inside a rock crevice.
Water carrying gravel over a waterfall.
Heating and cooling of rock (Freeze and thaw).
Five processes have to occur for sedimentary rocks to form. What is the correct order of these processes?
Cementation, Erosion, Weathering, Compaction, Deposition.
Weathering, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation, Erosion.
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation.
Deposition, Compaction, Cementation, Erosion, Weathering.
The breakdown of rock by natural processes is called...
(a)
Which of the following is not a type of sedimentary rock?
Organic
Chemical
Clastic
Intrusive
Large crystals are found in which kind of igneous rock?
Intrusive
Extrusive
What type of fossil is this?
Body Fossil
Trace Fossil
The movement of small rock particles from one place to another is…
(a)
What is a sedimentary rock?
A rock formed from cooled lava above the surface of the Earth.
A rock formed from cooled magma trapped in a pocket below the surface of the Earth.
A rock formed from sediments being compacted and cemented together or a rock formed when dissolved minerals come out of solution.
This picture is an example of what kind of weathering?
(a)
Chemical sedimentary rocks form when…
Broken fragments of rock are compacted and cemented together.
Dead plants become fossilised.
Magma is trapped in pockets below the surface of the Earth and cools.
Dissolved minerals come out of solution (precipitate).
Which of the following is NOT a way that water can break down rocks
Water can dissolve minerals inside rocks making them soft
Water is an acid that attacks rock
Glacier ice can scrape rock away from valley walls
Water expands when it freezes inside cracks
Extrusive igneous rocks have small crystals or no crystals because...
they cool quickly
they cool slowly
Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?
A plant seed growing inside a rock crevice.
Water carrying gravel over a waterfall.
Rock dissolving in acid rain.
Heating and cooling of rock (Freeze and thaw).
Conglomerate is classified as which kind of sedimentary rock?
(a)
The 12 apostles in Victoria were formed by which weathering process?
Moving wind, water, or ice
Freeze and thaw
Crystallisation of salts
Temperature change
Extrusive rocks are formed when...
Magma is trapped in pockets below the surface of the earth and cools.
Dissolved minerals come out of solution (precipitate).
Lava cools above the surface of the Earth.
Broken fragments of rock are compacted and cemented together.
What kind of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
(a)
