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Igneous and sedimentary rocks G9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the correct order of how a sedimentary rock is made?

a)

Cementation, Erosion, Compaction, and Deposition

b)

Deposition, Erosion, Cementation, and Compaction

c)

Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, and Cementation

d)

Cementation, Compaction, Erosion, and Deposition

2.

Organic means

a)

made from living things

b)

man made

c)

made from an organ

d)

dead

3.

Which type of Igneous rock is the most abundant (more of this rock than any other rock) extrusive rock?

a)

Granite

b)

Basalt

c)

Limestone

d)

Shale

4.

The destructive process in which water or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock is called?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

5.

If an Igneous rock cools very slowly underground, it will become which type of Igneous rock?

a)

Large crystals- Intrusive

b)

Small crystals- Extrusive

c)

Small crystals- Intrusive

d)

Glassy Intrusive

6.

Which type of Igneous rock forms from lava?

a)

Extrusive

b)

Intrusive

c)

Clastic

d)

Organic

7.

Which type of Igneous rock is formed deep inside of the Earth?

a)

Extrusive

b)

Intrusive

c)

Clastic

d)

Chemical

8.

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

a)

Compaction

b)

Cementation

c)

Weathering

d)

Erosion

9.

Which causes rocks to physically weather in to sediments?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Wind

d)

All of the above

10.
How do intrusive igneous rocks cool?
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
c)
they do not cool
11.
These rocks have large crystal size. 
a)
Intrusive
b)
Extrusive 
12.
Granite is an example of an ____________ igneous rock.
a)
Intrusive
b)
Extrusive
13.

Basalt is an example of ______________ rock.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

14.

What is the process that break down of rocks into smaller rocks?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

15.

The bits of rock that are worn down and broken off are called ______________________.

a)

Fossil

b)

sediments

c)

layers

d)

mud

16.
Rock made of layers of compressed sediments
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
school house rock
17.
When an agent of erosion loses energy, it drops sediments:
a)
Desalination
b)
Disagregation
c)
Deposition
d)
Delimination
18.
The process that squeezes sediments under pressure.
a)
Compaction
b)
Acretion
c)
Containerism
d)
Cementation
19.

Which of the following is the correct order of sedimentary rock formation?

a)

weathering, deposition, compaction, erosion, cementation

b)

weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

c)

weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction

d)

deposition, compaction, cementation, weathering, erosion

20.
When sediments stick together its called . . . 
a)
cementation
b)
compaction
c)
deposition
d)
erosion