MODULE 9 -How Layers of Rocks (Stratified Rocks) Are Formed

Question 1

three types of rocks

Answer 1

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Question 2

In what type of rock do most fossils appear?

Answer 2

Sedimentary rock

Question 3

What type of rock is formed when bits of rocks are layered and cemented
together?

Answer 3

Sedimentary rock

Question 4

What type of rock is formed when bits of rocks are layered and cemented
together?

Answer 4

Sedimentary rock

Question 5

Which of the following refers to a series of processes on Earth’s surface and in
the crust and mantle that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another?

Answer 5

Rock Cycle

Question 6

What step in the rock cycle would be required to change an igneous rock into
a sedimentary rock?

Answer 6

Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation

Question 7

During what process does layer upon layer of sediment build up, exerting
pressure on the layers below?

Answer 7

compaction

Question 8

What is the moving of sediments from their original position called?

Answer 8

erosion

Question 9

What is the settling out of the sediment called?

Answer 9

deposition

Question 10

What is the process where sediment is glued together when minerals dissolve?

Answer 10

cementation

Question 11

older layers are generally deeper than more recent layers. what law is being described?

Answer 11

law of superposition

Question 12

What is a process that leads to the formation or deposition
of rock layers?

Answer 12

metamorphism

Question 13

What principles states that all rock layers are continuous
until they encounter other solid bodies that block their deposition?

Answer 13

Law of Lateral Continuity

Question 14

Layered rock formed by compaction.

Answer 14

sedimentary rock

Question 15

Limestone is formed from layers of sand, shells and animal remains that have
been compacted together. What type of rock is a limestone?

Answer 15

Sedimentary rock

Question 16

Sedimentary rock

Answer 16

Bits of sand and gravel from layers that turn into rock from pressure

Question 17

What type of rock usually contains fossils?

Answer 17

Sedimentary rocks.

Question 18

Where do sediments come from?

Answer 18

rock weathering produces sediment

Question 19

A sedimentary rock layer in its original position is older than the layer above it and younger than the layers below it. What law is being described?

Answer 19

Law of Superposition

Question 20

In a cliff, where are the oldest layers of rocks made of sedimentary rocks are
usually found?

Answer 20

At the bottom

Question 21

What are the processes of compaction and cementation
commonly associated with?

Answer 21

lithification

Question 22

What causes the formation of rock layers

Answer 22

Erosion and weathering

Question 23

An undeformed sedimentary layer is ______than the layer above and _____than
the layer below.

Answer 23

older, younger

Question 24

.in most cases sedimentary beds are deposited as horizontal units