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Mr. Puckett
Honors Earth Science
Fall 2013
Sedimentary Rocks
1. Define clastic.
2. Define non-clastic.
3. How do sediments form?
4. What rock is made of gravel sized particles?
5. What rock is made of sand sized particles?
6. What rocks are made of mud/clay sized particles
7. What happens to grain size and sorting as transport distance of grains
increases?
8. What is the composition of bituminous coal?
9. What rocks are formed from biological remains?
10. What rocks are formed from evaporation or precipitation of minerals?
11. How is limestone formed (two ways)?
12. What is the difference between breccia and conglomerate?
13. Draw out the depositional environment chart.