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- 1. Multiple Choice
Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.TrueFalse - 2. Multiple ChoiceSmall pieces of rock, sand, silt is called?weatheringsediment
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe natural "cement" that hold sediments together to form sedimentary rock is made up of?gluemineralsmarshmallows
- 4. Multiple ChoiceCoal is formed from dead plants and other organisms?TrueFalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSedimentary rocks are often formed in layers.TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is callederosionweatheringsediments
- 7. Multiple ChoiceFossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.TrueFalse
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.CompactionCementationWeatheringErosion
- 9. Multiple ChoiceSedimentary rock that is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral are called...chemicalorganicclastic
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSedimentary rock made from fossils are called...organicchemicalstratified
- 11. Multiple ChoiceLithographic LimestoneBrecciaCoalConglomerate
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceName this rock.marbleorganic limestonesandstonegranite
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.compactiondepositionorganic rockcementation
- 15. Multiple ChoiceDolomiteSandstoneShaleCoquina
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which causes rocks to physically weather in to sediments?
Water
Ice
Wind
All of the above
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is mechanical weathering?Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.Rocks are broken down through chemical changes.Rocks are worn away from acid in plant roots.Rocks broken down by machinery.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis rock is made of salts left behind when a shallow sea evaporated. What type of sedimentary rock is it?ClasticChemicalOrganic
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?weather patternstiny crystalsstriped layersglassy surfaces
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