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- 1. Multiple Choice
What kind of rocks can be weathered, eroded, and then lithified to form sedimentary rocks?
igneous rocks
metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
any kind of rock
- 2. Multiple Choice
Most of the Earth's crust is made up of igneous rock. But most rock at the surface of the crust is what kind of rock?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
All kinds of rock
- 3. Multiple Choice
Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made up of fragments of older rocks is called
Clastic sedimentary rock
Organic sedimentary rock
Chemical sedimentary rock
- 4. Multiple Choice
Lithification is
Breaking down of rock
Transport of rock fragments
Piling rock fragments up into sediment beds
Forming new rocks from sediments
- 5. Multiple Choice
Compaction is
When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds
Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above
Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together
When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface
- 6. Multiple Choice
Cementation is
When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds
Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above
Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together
When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface
- 7. Multiple Choice
Uplift is
When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds
Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above
Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together
When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface
- 8. Multiple Choice
Deposition is
When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds
Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above
Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together
When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface
- 9. Multiple Choice
Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made from the remains of living things is called
Clastic sedimentary rock
Organic sedimentary rock
Chemical sedimentary rock
- 10. Multiple Choice
Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made by precipitation of dissolved minerals from water is called
Clastic sedimentary rock
Organic sedimentary rock
Chemical sedimentary rock
- 11. Multiple Choice
Remains of living things embedded or imprinted in a sedimentary rock are called
fossils
geodes
strata
clasts
- 12. Multiple Choice
The compacting and cementing of sediments to form sedimentary rock is called
weathering
erosion
deposition
lithification
- 13. Multiple Choice
When rock fragments are squashed together and water is squeezed out from between them, it is called
deposition
compaction
cementation
uplift
- 14. Multiple Choice
The "gluing" together of clasts (rock fragments) by dissolved minerals that form around them is called
deposition
compaction
cementation
uplift
- 15. Multiple Choice
The process where tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface
deposition
compaction
cementation
uplift
- 16. Multiple Choice
Striping that is still visible after layered sediments have been lithified into rock is called
fossils
geodes
stratification
clasts
- 17. Multiple Choice
Rock fragments, which range in size from boulders to cobbles to pebbles to microscopic clay grains, are called
fossils
clasts
geodes
stratification
- 18. Multiple Choice
This rough textured sedimentary rock is
sandstone
conglomerate
shale
coal
- 19. Multiple Choice
This blackish, organic sedimentary rock is
sandstone
conglomerate
shale
coal
- 20. Multiple Choice
This sedimentary rock that contains some clasts that are quite large is
sandstone
conglomerate
shale
coal
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