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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?

Aintrusive igneous Bmetamorphic Csedimentary Dextrusive igneous

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

ASedimentary rock must melt before it can change to metamorphic rock. BSediment must be compacted and cemented before it can change to sedimentary rock. CMagma must be weathered 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?

Ascoria Bgranite Cquartzite Dbreccia

4) Which process would form a sedimentary rock?

Acooling of molten magma within the Earth's crust Brecrystallization of unmelted material within the Earth's crust Cprecipitation of minerals as the seawater evaporates Dcooling of a lava flow on the Earth's surface

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

Alarge forests Ba range of volcanic mountains Ca warm, shallow sea Dmany terrestrial animals

6) Limestone can form as a result of

Aprecipitation from evaporating water Bcooling of molten rock under the oceans Cradioactive decay of dolostone Dmetamorphosis of conglomerate rock

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

Amelting Brecrystallization Cbiologic processes Dmetamorphism

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

Ashells of marine animals Bmaterials deposited by glaciers Cparticles removed from the atmosphere by precipitation Dsediments eroded by running water

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

Aclastic sedimentary rock formed from organic substances Bregional metamorphic rock with block like foliation 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?

Asiltstone Bconglomerate Csandstone Dshale

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