Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What type of sediment particles have worn surfaces and rounded corners?
a. | sorted | c. | clastic | b. | unsorted | d. | dissolved |
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What type of bedding has the heaviest and coarsest material is on the
bottom?
a. | graded | c. | cementation | b. | clastic | d. | metamorphic |
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What type of sedimentary rock is coarse-grained with angular fragments?
a. | foliates | c. | conglomerates | b. | nonfoliates | d. | breccias |
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What results when rocks come in contact with molten rocks such as those in an
igneous intrusion?
a. | precipitation | c. | contact metamorphism | b. | regional | d. | hydrothermal
metamorphism |
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The metamorphism of limestone results in the formation of ____.
a. | quartzite | c. | gneiss | b. | marble | d. | silver |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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Much of Earth’s surface is covered not by solid rock, but by
____________________.
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7.
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Weathering of rock produces worn surfaces and rounded corners that are
characteristic of some ____________________ sediment particles.
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Landslides, moving water, wind, and glaciers cause ____________________ of
surface materials.
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9.
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_________________________ are characteristic of sediments transported by water
and wind.
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10.
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The primary feature of sedimentary rocks is horizontal layering called
____________________.
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11.
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The percentage of open spaces between mineral grains in clastic rocks is its
____________________.
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12.
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The most abundant organic sedimentary rock is calcite-rich
____________________.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | cross bedding | e. | limestone | b. | evaporite | f. | nonfoliated metamorphic
rock | c. | foliated metamorphic rock | g. | porphyroblasts | d. | hydrothermal
fluid |
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13.
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Layers of chemical sedimentary rocks that form from precipitated
minerals
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Composed of minerals with crystals that have their long axes perpendicular to
pressure
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15.
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Composed of minerals that form blocky crystal shapes
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Organic sedimentary rock
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17.
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Large metamorphic crystals
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18.
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Reacts with rock to change its mineralogy, texture, and chemistry
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19.
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Inclined sediment layers that migrate forward across a horizontal
surface
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | clastic | e. | regional metamorphism | b. | deposition | f. | rock cycle | c. | lithification | g. | sediment | d. | porosity |
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20.
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Physical and chemical processes that compact and transform sediments into
sedimentary rocks
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21.
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Percentage of open spaces between grains in a rock
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22.
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Continuous changing and remaking of rocks
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23.
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Process of sediments being laid down on the ground or sinking to the bottom of
water
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24.
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Pieces of solid material deposited on Earth’s surface
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25.
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Produced when high temperature and pressure affect large areas of Earth’s
crust
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26.
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Type of sediment made up of rock and mineral fragments produced by
weathering
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Match each item with the correct process below. a. | Asymmetrical ripple marks | f. | Graded bedding | b. | Cross
bedding | g. | Sorted
deposition | c. | Deposition of only fine sands | h. | Symmetrical ripple marks | d. | Deposition of marine
fossils | i. | Unsorted
deposition | e. | Deposition of four-footed animal fossils | j. | Unsorted
deposition |
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27.
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Marine landslide
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28.
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Landslide
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29.
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Presence of dry land
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30.
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One-way wave action of wind or water
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31.
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Glacier
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32.
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Wind or water action
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33.
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Presence of a sea
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34.
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Wind or water action
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35.
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Wind action
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36.
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Back-and-forth wave action
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