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Level 7 SAT Question

7.3 The drawing below shows a cliff face which exposes three different types
of rock, labelled A, B, and C.

(a) Rock A is formed from rounded sand grains that have been cemented together.
It also has rounded pebbles of rock C near the base.
What other evidence might confirm that rock A is sedimentary?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………(1 mark)
(b) Rock B is crystalline and medium-grained.
What other evidence might confirm that rock B is igneous?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………(1 mark)
(c) Rock C is a metamorphic rock that has been strongly deformed (folded).
Describe the possible texture of rock C by underlining two words from the
following list:
crystalline, fragmental, random, foliated (or aligned).
(2 marks)
(d) Give one reason for stating that rock A is younger than rock C.

… ……………………………………………………………………………(1 mark)
(e) Give one reason for stating that rock B is younger than both rocks A and C.

………………………………………………………………………………(1 mark)
Total 6 marks

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