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Question 1
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Identify each image that shows the sequence for the formation of sedimentary rock.
Other Answer Choices:
Compaction
Deposition
Cementation
Question 2
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Question 3
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Question 4
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Complete the paragraph.

________________ rock forms in layers. First, rock is ______________ into sediment, eroded to a new place, and ______________ in layers. The layers get heavier and press down on each other during _______________. Finally, minerals act like a glue to hold the sedimentary rock together during ________________.
Other Answer Choices:
deposited
compaction
cementation
weathered
Sedimentary
Question 5
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Select the items that represent renewable energy.

Question 6
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Question 7
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What is one way humans harness energy from the Sun?

Question 8
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Question 9
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Name two ways coal and oil are different. _______

Name two ways coal and oil are similar. _______
How are fossil fuels related to sedimentary rocks?
Fossil fuels are buried beneath layers of sedimentary rock.
Sedimentary rocks also undergo extreme heat and pressure during their formation.
Fossil fuels and sedimentary rocks are burned for energy.
Oil and natural gas are sedimentary rocks.
Match each term to its definition.
Sediment
The hardening of minerals into rock
Deposition
The squeezing together of rock layers due to pressure
Compaction
Tiny piece of rock
Cementation
The dropping off of sediments in a new place
Sequence each stage in the formation of oil.
Place them in order from top to bottom.
Burial of aquatic organisms under layers sediment
Intense pressure over time
Aquatic organisms take in energy from the Sun
Decomposition of aquatic organisms
What are 3 factors that changed buried decomposed organisms into coal?
Weathering, erosion, deposition
Cementation, heat, weathering
Pressure, photosynthesis, deposition
Heat, pressure, time