Ch. 6 Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks

Small fragments of rock broken up by weathering

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Weathering

• Dirt

The transport of sediment is called

• weathering

• erosion

• sedimentation

• deposition

The chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces

• weathering

• erosion

• compaction

• fragmentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When sediments in transport stop and settle out

• sedimentation

• deposition

• erosion

• lithification

What is the 2nd step, also known as the chemical step, in the lithification process?

• lithification

• compaction

• cementation

• biochemical

Sediment grains that have traveled a short distance will have ____ grains

• rounded

• angular

• circular

• geometric

When the grains become increasingly large toward the bottom of a layer in sedimentary bedding

• Cross-Bedding

• Graded Bedding

• Vertical Bedding

• Horizontal Bedding

Which main category of rocks is formed by decomposition of living organisms

• clastic

• chemical

• biochemical

• biological

which main category of rock is formed by loose sediments

• clastic

• biochemical

• chemical

• neurological

What is a unique property of sandstone that allows water to flow inside the rock

• porosity

• luster

• it floats

• it evaporites