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Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Weekly Review
Adapted from Mr. D’Anna http://www.dannascience.com/
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1. Define texture (as it relates to rocks):
2. The majority of rocks are composed of individual grains of minerals called
_______________ ________________
Sedimentary Rocks
3. How do sedimentary rocks form?
4. Define clasts (clastic):
5. Why do most sedimentary rocks form at the bottom of lakes, seas, and oceans?
6. List the four methods of formation for sedimentary rocks:
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7. What three minerals are commonly the “glue” that cements clastic sedimentary rocks
together?
8. Shale and coal are formed solely by _________________ . But, most clastic sedimentary
rocks form from a combination of ___________________ and ______________________ .
9. Evaporites are formed by the process ________________________________ .
10. Define Organic:
11. Why are the clasts that make up sedimentary rocks often rounded?
12. Define Fossil:
Use figure 11-7 to answer this question
13. What is the difference between Conglomerate and Breccia?
14. Bioclastic limestone is composed of CaCO3, so it will ___________________________in
acid.
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Metamorphic rocks.
15. Metamorphism usually occurs where?
16. Layering of mineral crystals is called __________________________. (This is an
important term!)
17. What is recrystallization?
18. When older rocks come in contact with the magma of an intrusion or lava of an
extrusion, the heat and mineral fluids of the liquid rock alter the older rock in a
process called _______________________ ______________________________.
19. Regional Metamorphism occurs in the lithosphere when
Look at figure 11-14 on p.201 to answer questions 20-23
20. Sandstone is the parent rock of ____________________ . Dolostone is the parent rock
of ____________
21. Limestone is the parent rock of ____________________ .
22. Shale is the parent rock of _________________ , ________________ , _____________, and
____________
23. Siltstone is the parent rock of ____________________ .
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24. Metamorphic rocks are classified and identified based on _______________ and
_____________ .
Environment of Rock Formation
25. Salt beds in western NYS lead to the inference that …
26. The distorted rock structures of the metamorphic rocks exposed in the Adirondacks
indicate that …
27. Large silicate mineral crystals in an igneous rock indicate …
pg 203 Rock Cycle
28. The _______________ _________________ is a model used to show how the rock typessedimentary, igneous and metamorphic are interrelated.
29. Any rock type can change into any other rock type (circle one) True / False
30. What are the driving forces behind the rock cycle?
Review Questions page 204
You are not answering all the questions in your review book. Please be careful.
Remember, you will need your ESRT’s to help answer these questions.
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