Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

Which mineral precipitates from oceans and forms rock salt?

• Quartz

• Flurotite

• Halite

• Olivine

Most rocks that form from fragmental rock particles are classified as

• Extrusive Igneous Rocks

• Intrusive Igneous Rocks

• Clastic Sedimentary

• Chemical Sedimentary

Which type of rock most likely contains fossils?

• Shale

• Gabbro

• Schist

• Scoria

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Which sedimentary rock is formed by the compaction and cementation of sorted sediments 0.05 centimeter in diameter?

• Shale

• Siltstone

• Sandstone

• Conglomerate

Which sedimentary rock is formed by compaction and cementation of land-derived sediments?

• Siltstone

• Dolostone

• Rock Salt

• Rock Gypsum

Which rock was organically formed and sometimes contains fossilized plant impressions?

• rock gypsum

• phyllite

• breccia

• coal

Fossils would most likely be found in a sample of

• Limestone

• Granite

• Quartzite

• Metaconglomerate

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Which sedimentary rock may form as a result of biologic processes?

• shale

• siltstone

• fossil limestone

• breccia

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Particles of sediment collected from a lake bottom averaged 1.2 centimeters in diameter. If left on the lake bottom to become buried by more sediment and compressed into rock, these particles would form

• sandstone

• conglomerate

• quartzite

• granite

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Looking at the Rock Cycle chart on pg 6 of your ESRTs what forms Metamorphic Rocks?

• Melting and solidification

• Compaction and Cementation

• Heat and Pressure

• Burial and Deposition