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What is limestone?
a) A sedimentary rock containing calcite.
b) An igneous rock.
c) A rock that is composed of lemons and limes.
d) A stone found where fizzing is possible.

What dose it mean to correlate rock layers?
a) To line up rock layers from different locations.
b) To match layers across the country.
c) To spread to rock sets across a paper.
d) To test rocks for the presence of calcite,

What is sandstone?
a) A rock composed of sand cemented together.
b) A rock layer that has sand and limes in it.
c) A stone composed of pieces of rock only.
d) A rock containing calcite.

What is shale?
a) A flat rock composed of silt and clay.
b) A round rock composed of silt and clay.
c) A flat rock containing calcite.
d) A rock that is mad of sand pieces only.

What is a sedimentary rock?
a) A rock made of pieces of sediment (broken down rock material)
b) A rock made of pieces of sand.
c) A rock made of sand and calcite.
d) A sedimentary rock.

A rock fizzes when acid is dropped on it. What type of rock is this?
a) Limestone.
b) Sandstone.
c) Shale.
d) Sedimentary.

Limestones are very rich in
a) calcium
b) carbonate
c) calcium carbonate
d) magnesium carbonate

A type of rock which is made as a result of cementation and compaction of sediment grains under pressure over a long period of time is called
a) sedimentary rocks
b) metamorphic rocks
c) igneous rocks
d) morphic rocks

Example of sedimentary rocks is
a) basanite
b) carbonite
c) granite
d) limestone

Where do sediments come from?
a) there have always been sediments on Earth
b) sediments accumulated as dust fell to Earth from outer space
c) rock weathering produces sediment
d) sediment is transported and deposited all over the Earth

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