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Sedimentary Rock Review
Test Description: Sedimentary rock review based on the NYS ESRT
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which rock can be considered mono-mineralic?
A
limestone
B
sandstone
C
rhyolite
D
obsidian
2) What rock has rounded fragments?
A
Breccia
B
Limestone
C
Granite
D
Conglomerate
3) What is the size range for sand grains?
A
1 - 5 cm
B
0.0004 - 0.006 cm
C
0.2 - 0.4 cm
D
0.006 - 0.2 cm
4) Which rock is composed of compacted plant remains?
A
Breccia
B
Coal
C
Rock Salt
D
Limestone
5) What is the most common type of texture among sedimentary rocks?
A
Rough
B
Smooth
C
Bioclastic
D
Clastic
6) What is the grain size of a rock with crystalline texture?
A
Big
B
Fine to coarse
C
Medium
D
Small
7) What is the difference between conglomerate and breccia?
A
No difference
B
Size of the clasts
C
Their origin of formation
D
Shape of the clasts
8) What does clastic mean?
A
Levels within society.
B
Grain size
C
IDK
D
Pieces of other rock
9) What does mono-mineralic mean?
A
Made of ten minerals
B
Made of four minerals
C
Made of one mineral
D
Made of many minerals
10) What is the definition of lithification?
A
Made into rock
B
Made into sediment
C
Made into sand
D
Made into soap
11) How are inorganic land derived sedimentary rocks made?
A
Compaction and cementation
B
Precipitation
C
Evaporation
D
Chemically
12) What inorganic rock is made of the smallest sediment?
A
Sandstone
B
Breccia
C
Shale
D
Conglomerate
13) What rock splits easily?
A
Shale
B
Siltstone
C
Granite
D
Gneiss
14) What does bioclastic mean?
A
Composed of pieces of once living things
B
Composed of pieces of other rock
C
Composed of sneakers
D
Composed of diamonds
15) In what environment do most sedimentary rocks form?
A
Dry
B
Water
C
Ice
D
Wind
16) What is the law of superposition?
A
Older rocks are in the middle
B
Older rocks don't exist
C
Older rocks are on top
D
Older rocks are on the bottom
17) What type of rock are fossils found in?
A
Metamorphic
B
Sedimentary
C
Igneous
D
Gneiss
18) What type of sediments gets deposited first?
A
None
B
Medium
C
Small
D
Large
19) Why are most sediments usually rounded?
A
Formed in a watery environment
B
Formed in the desert
C
Formed from wind
D
Formed in glaciers
20) What does stratification mean?
A
Circles
B
Layers
C
Dots
D
Footprints
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