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Sedimentary Rocks

Test Description: Sedimentary rock formation, characteristics of different types of sedimentary rock and size variations within the rocks.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which type of rock is likely to show ripple marks and fossils?

Aextrusive igneous Bsedimentary Cintrusive igneous Dmetamorphic

2) Which statement about the formation of a rock is best supported by geologic evidence?

ASediment must be compacted and cemented before it can change to sedimentary rock. BMagma must be weathered before it can change to metamorphic rock. CSedimentary rock must melt before it can change to metamorphic rock. DMetamorphic rock must melt before it can change to sedimentary rock.

3) Which rock is made up of angular fragments of rock held together by a natural cement?

Aquartzite Bgranite Cscoria Dbreccia

4) Which process would form a sedimentary rock?

Aprecipitation of minerals as the seawater evaporates Bcooling of a lava flow on the Earth's surface Ccooling of molten magma within the Earth's crust Drecrystallization of unmelted material within the Earth's crust

5) Large rock salt deposits in the Syracuse area indicate that the area once had

Aa range of volcanic mountains Ba warm, shallow sea Clarge forests Dmany terrestrial animals

6) Limestone can form as a result of

Acooling of molten rock under the oceans Bmetamorphosis of conglomerate rock Cprecipitation from evaporating water Dradioactive decay of dolostone

7) Limestone is a sedimentary rock which may form as a result of

Abiologic processes Bmetamorphism Cmelting Drecrystallization

8) Sedimentary rocks of organic origin would most likely be formed from

Aparticles removed from the atmosphere by precipitation Bshells of marine animals Cmaterials deposited by glaciers Dsediments eroded by running water

9) The map symbol of the rock that looks like bricks on a house is

Aregional metamorphic rock with block like foliation Bclastic sedimentary rock formed from organic substances Ccontact metamorphic rock that results from the alteration of limestone Dchemically formed sedimentary rock that consists mainly of the mineral calcite

10) If the size of a particle in a rock is bigger then a dime, what type of rock would you have?

Asandstone Bsiltstone Cshale Dconglomerate

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