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Vocabulary ROCKS!
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Earth Science Rocks!
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Rock and mineral fragments that make up sedimentary rocks are
lithification
plastic
conglomerate
clastic
2
Clast is
a layer of the earth
obsidian
a rock fragment
a hard bandage around a broken leg
3
Rock layers are also known as
startaa
strata
straata
streata
4
Sandstone and shale are what type of sedimentary rock?
clastic
foliated
intrusive
extrusive
5
Obsidian is an intrusive igneous rock.
True
False
6
Foliated means
igneous
deposition
weathering
repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks
7
A clastic sedimentary rock that is made up of many shapes and types of gravel stuck together.
Intrusive
Extrusive
Geology
Conglomerate
8
Geology is
sedimentary
metamorphic
lithification
the study of rocks in the Earth’s crust.
9
Intrusive rocks are igneous rocks that formed when magma hardened below the Earth’s Surface.
True
False
10
Lithification of rocks is a process that includes
cementation
All of the above
compaction
sediment
11
Weathering is the breakdown of any rock to form sediment.
True
False
12
What is the last stage in the formation of a sedimentary rock?
cementation
compaction
13
Extrusive Rocks are igneous rocks that formed on the surface from volcanic lava.
True
False
14
Compaction is
pressing sediment together to form a sedimentary rock
breaking down of rock sediment
pieces of rocks
igneous rocks
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Hardening and sticking together of clastic sediments in the spaces of existing rock material.
cementation
foliation
clast
compaction
