Earth's Processes

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction

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Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

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The sediment has been dropped off in a pile. What process is this?

• weathering

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

What are the three fossil fuels that form in sedimentary rock?

• solar, gas, biofuel

• water, steam, and oil

• coal, oil, natural gas

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Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?

• weathering

• sediment

• erosion

• deposition

The process in which dissolved minerals in water fill in gaps and glue sediment together.

• cementation

• deposition

• weathering

• compaction

Which order do most sedimentary rocks form in?

• weathering, cementation, compaction, deposition, erosion

• erosion, compaction, cementation, deposition, weathering

• weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

• cementation, compaction, deposition, erosion, weathering

How long does it take a complete sedimentary rock to form?

• millions of years

• hundreds of years

• a decade

• a century

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The model below shows layers of sediment on the floor of an ocean. Which of the following best explains how these layers can become rock over many years?

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.

• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.

• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

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The diagram below shows the sequence of the processes that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram?

• Melting and cooling

• Erosion and compaction

• Compaction and cementation

• Evaporation and dissolving

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