Rocks that form from the precipitation of dissolved minerals are:

Carbonates form where there is no input of terrigenous (detrital) sediment.

Calcarenite has which size fragments of carbonate materials?

Ironstones are known for their red bands.  What is the "waste product" from living processes that cause it to have red coloration?

What environments are often associated with the production of peat and coal?

Which sandstone is enriched in rock fragments?

Which grain size is found in arenite terrigenous rocks?

Which of the following rocks would indicate a moderate-energy stream or desert environment, relatively far from the sediment source?

What is a well sorted sediment?

Particle sizes get organized by the ________ of the environment where the sediment is traveling.

Sorting is the result of a decrease in what as sediment is transported by a stream farther from its source material?

During the lithification phase, cementation takes place.  Which is the best description of cementation?

Small particles of weathered rock are known as what

Which of the following is NOT a factor upon which the formation of metamorphic rocks depends?

What is the main fluid present within rocks of the crust that facilitates the transfer of ions between minerals and within minerals?

What is the term used to describe the original rock from which a metamorphic rock forms?

What is the estimated rate of growth for new minerals within a rock during metamorphism?

What is the original rock from which a metamorphic rock forms known as?

Which of the following is NOT a main agent of change in the formation of metamorphic rocks?

What type of pressure leads to the formation of foliated textures in metamorphic rocks?

Which metamorphic texture is characterized by shiny black and white bands, often described as "zebra striped"?

What type of metamorphism occurs when a body of magma intrudes into the upper part of the crust?

Index minerals are used by geologists to indicate different grades of what geological process?

What does the term "Metamorphic facies" refer to?

What percentage of Earth's total crust is made up of sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following is NOT a common foliated metamorphic rock?

What is the process called when sediment is all together due to the settling down of particles?

What does the term 'argillite' refer to in the context of sedimentary rocks?

Which type of sedimentary rock is typically formed from fast moving rivers/channel beds, severe storms in oceans, or bulldozed by glaciers?

What are evaporites sedimentary rocks composed of?

Ironstone sedimentary rocks are characterized by what feature?

What is the main component of biochemical and organic sedimentary rocks such as carbonates?

What type of rock is formed from the burial of decaying organic matter?

Which of the following is NOT a type of coal?

Which process describes the transformation of sediment into sedimentary rock?

What is the primary agent that causes physical weathering of rocks on Earth's surface?

What type of rock is primarily formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

Which of the following minerals is commonly found in metamorphic rocks as a result of high-pressure metamorphism?

What type of sedimentary rock is primarily composed of lithified mud?

Which process is primarily responsible for the formation of igneous rocks?

Which type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

What is the main process that converts loose sediment into solid rock?

Which of the following is a common method used by geologists to determine the relative age of a rock layer?

Which mineral is most commonly associated with metamorphic rocks formed under high pressure and temperature?

What is the primary process by which sedimentary rocks are formed?

What feature is most characteristic of sedimentary rocks?

Which rock type is typically formed by the accumulation and consolidation of volcanic ash?

What is the primary mechanism of transport for sediment that will eventually form sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following best describes the process of exfoliation in the context of physical weathering?

When identifying chemical sedimentary rocks, which is most important in classifying the rock?

Which type of chemical weathering occurs in IRON-BEARING minerals?

Inorganic chemical sedimentary rocks form from precipitation of minerals from an aqueous solution, usually from which process?

When plant material becomes compacted and concentrated over time, coals begin to form.  Which is considered a metamorphic rock?

The fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) come from which type of chemical sedimentary rocks?

asper, flint, and onyx are all forms of which sedimentary rock?

Banded iron formations are composed of alternating light and dark bands of which type of rock?

Which is the largest grain size?

Which sediment description indicates MORE TIME that sediment was being transported?

A description of how similar the sizes of grains are throughout a sediment or sedimentary rock sample is referred to as:

Which is the correct term for the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces?

Question options:

chemical weathering

mass wasting

mechanical weathering

erosion

Which type of chemical weathering is main type for the SILICATE minerals?

Question options:

hydrolysis

oxidation

dissolution

Which type of chemical weathering is main type for the CARBONATE minerals?

Which type of sedimentary rock will react to Hydrochloric acid (HCl)?

Sedimentary rocks are not all the same type.  Those that are made of bits and pieces of pre-existing rocks and minerals cemented together are which type?

Which grain size is the smallest?

How do conglomerate and breccia differ?

When plant material becomes compacted and concentrated over time, coals begin to form.  Which is a brown, sooty rock that is dull in appearance, with no visible plant fragments?

_________ is a chemical sedimentary rock composed mostly of visible shell fragments.

When plant material becomes compacted and concentrated over time, coals begin to form.  Which is the highest grade coal in the "coal series."

_________ is a chemical sedimentary rock composed mostly of microscopic calcite-bearing mud.

Which chemical sedimentary material reacts to hydrochloric acid (HCl)?

When plant material becomes compacted and concentrated over time, coals begin to form.  Which is the first in the "coal series."

It is possible for some limestones to form on continents.

The vast majority of limestone is formed in warm, shallow marine environments.

Ooids are composed of which material?