Sedimentary Rocks
Fossil Fuels
Landforms
STAAR Questions
STAAR Questions
100
How do you remember how sedimentary rocks are formed?
WEDCC
100
What are fossil fuels?
Nonrenewable energy resources
100
Land forms are created by what three process?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
100
Elizabeth went hiking with her family and observed the valley below when they reached the summit of the hill. Which part of the landscape caused the valley between the surrounding hills to form?
3
100
Students visit an island. The island beach is covered with many small pebbles. Each one is a little bigger than a pea. The beach gets strong ocean waves. After thousands of years, the pebbles on the beach will MOST LIKELY be —
weathered into smaller pieces
200
What causes the compaction process in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
The weight of the layers and gravity pulling the layers piled on top of the bottom layers.
200
What are the three types of fossil fuels?
coal, oil, natural gas
200
What are the three agents of change that can weather, erode, and deposit sediements?
wind, water, or ice
200
Which of the following elements are related to the formation of fossil fuels?
Select THREE correct answers.
1, 3, 4
200
The picture below show sand dunes on a beach. 
The pictures shows a fence built between the dunes and the beach. What is most likely the reason the fence was built?
To keep the sand from blowing away.
300
What causes the cementation process in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
The rocks cement together from the hardening minerals.
300
What is a disadvantage of using fossil fuels?
We use them faster that they are created, they create air pollution when they are burned.
300
How is a sand dune created?
By wind eroding and depositing sedients.
300
Complete the sentences below to make the statements true.
Write the answers in the correct order.
Weathering, sedimentary rocks, fossil fuels
300
Vincent set up the model below using a bottle of water, a baking pan, sand, and a block to hold the bottle. Select the spot that models erosion to the land. 
2
400
What is a sedimentary rock?
Rocks that have been formed from the layering and cementation of sediments over millions of years.
400
How do we use fossil fuels?
We burn fossil fuels in order to create electricity, make our cars go, and cook.
400
How is a delta created?
By a river slowing down and depositing sediments at the end of a river.
400
The process of sedimentary rock formation is pictured below. Which phases of the sedimentary rock formation process show how rocks break into sediments by wind, water, or ice, and the sediments are carried away?
weathering
400
The image shows one of Earth’s landforms. What is the landform shown in the image?
delta
500
How can you tell if a rock is a sedimentary rock or not?
You can see the layers, or make up of different types of sediments.
500
What is the process for fossil fuels to be made?
organisms live and then die.
organism fall to the bottom of water and are buried under layers of sediments.
over millions of years heat and pressure turn them into fossil fuels.
500
How is the creation of a u shape valley different from the formation of a canyon?
A u shape valley is created by a glacier while a v shape valley is created by fast moving water.
500
Students in Mrs. Ramirez's class were studying the formation of fossil fuels. Mrs. Ramirez gave them the steps of fossil fuel formation and asked them to put them in the correct order. What is the correct order of fossil fuel formation? write the numbers in order.
2, 3, 1
500
Rivers create landforms as they move across the surface of Earth. As a river cuts through the land, it creates which of the following landforms?
canyon