Earth Science Ch. 6 Review

Vocab word that indicates the minerals lined up perpendicular to the pressure

Process of particles being laid down on the ground or bottom of a body of water

This word means to change form into something else

The % of  open spaces within the grains of a rock 

Describes rocks whose minerals are not lined up & are blocky in nature

I can list & explain the steps in the process of making sedimentary rocks

This bedding results from inclined layers being deposited on a horizontal surface

Metamorphism type characterized by covering large areas of land

Word that refers to chemical sediments left behind in a lake or waterway 

Type of metamorphism common along igneous intrusions

This metamorphism occurs when incredibly hot water reacts with the rock 

Crystals will precipitate out of solution when it reaches 

I can explain why certain rock types cannot have fossils in them 

Garnets are examples of these; they are large crystals, surrounded by small minerals

Eroded materials are almost always carried this way 

Process of carrying particles to a new place 

Bedding type in which the heaviest particles are at the bottom

The set of processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rock 

I am super excited to have this test done before break

General term for layers in SEDIMENTARY rocks

This feature of sedimentary rock determines its porosity

Refers to sediments made up from bones, shells, pieces of living things

Step that means to squish the sediments together

Weathering in which the rock's minerals are dissolved or changed 

Weathering where rock fragments simply break off of the solid rock 

This diagram shows all the changes rocks can go through

Process of breaking down materials 

Process where sediments have more and more layers placed on top of them

Step in which mineral growth binds sediments together

Porosity makes some rocks excellent reservoirs for 

Solid material deposited on Earth by wind, water, gravity, glacier, chemical precipitation

An "agent" of erosion 

Wind or wave action can create this feature in sedimentary layers

I can label a diagram of the rock cycle 

Glacier and landslide transported sediments are often 

Water & wind transported sediments tend to be 

This type of sediment is specifically rock & mineral fragments

I can explain how a sedimentary rock containing fossils forms