Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks

What are the preserved traces of animals and plants that lived long ago called?

• Sediments

• Fossils

• Mountains

• layers

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What are small pieces of rock are called?

• imprint

• weathering

• fossils

• sediment

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Rocks made of layers of compressed sediments are called ?

• sedimentary rock

• cement

• metamorphic rock

• arrow head

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If looking at layers of sediment in the Earth, which layer is the youngest?

• the top

• the middle

• the bottom

• second to the top

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What processes happen inside the Earth when making sedimentary rocks?

• weathering

• deposition

• increased pressure, compaction and cementation

• erosion

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If you found a fern leaf fossil what could you infer about the area where it was found?

• a desert was once there

• a forest was once there

• an ice glacier was once there

• it was at the bottom of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Where was natural gas and oil formed?

• bottom of rivers

• bottom of lakes

• bottom of swamps

• bottom of oceans

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Coal was formed where?

• lakes

• swamps

• rivers

• oceans

Cementation is part of the sedimentary rock process that helps "glue" sediments together?

• true

• false

To make a sedimentary rock it takes ...?

• weeks

• months

• days

• thousands to millions of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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