WorksheetsSedimentary Rocks and Fossils
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Small pieces of rock, sand, silt is called?
a)
weathering
b)
sediment
3.
Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?
a)
weathering
b)
sediment
4.
Coal is formed from dead plants and other organisms?
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Sedimentary rocks are often formed in layers.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What percent of the rocks on the the Earth's surface are sedimentary rocks?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
75%
7.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
8.
The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
9.
Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Sedimentary rock that is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral are called...
a)
chemical
b)
organic
c)
clastic
11.
Sedimentary rock made from fossils are called...
a)
organic
b)
chemical
c)
stratified
12.
Which causes rocks to physically weather in to sediments?
a)
Water
b)
Ice
c)
Wind
d)
All of the above
13.
This rock is made of salts left behind when a shallow sea evaporated. What type of sedimentary rock is it?
a)
Clastic
b)
Chemical
c)
Organic
14.
Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What rock is made from sand?
a)
Siltstone
b)
Gravel
c)
Sandstone
16.
Fossils are made by
a)
Plants dying
b)
Animals or plants are imprinted on a layer of sedimentary rock
c)
Breaking down of rocks
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