Quiz review for the Rock Cycle & Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks

Where does sedimentary rock almost always form?

Where does Metamorphic rock almost always form?

For any rock to become sedimentary rock, what process must happen to it first?

For any rock to become Metamorphic rock, what must happen to change it?

For any rock to become igneous rock, what must happen to it first?

What are clasts?

What is Clastic sedimentary rock?

A Clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of sand is called ________.

A Clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of clay is called ________.

A Clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of silt is called ________.

A Clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of sand and rounded pebbles is called ________.

A Clastic sedimentary rock composed mostly of sand and small broken rocks is called ________.

What makes a sedimentary rock Organic?

An organic sedimentary rock composed mostly of tiny shells is called ________.

An organic sedimentary rock that is made from disolved shells an deposited chemically by precipitation is called ________.

Rock that was precipitated by evaporating water and was never alive is called _________ sedimentary rock.

What are 2 examples of chemical sedimentary rock?

What is peat made of?

What is all coal made of?

The first stage of coal that is a true rock is called _____________ or brown coal

The second stage of coal that is a true sedimentary rock is called _________ Coal

Sometime after a thick layer of plants formed in the coal fields, what had to have happened to cause them to be covered with sedimentary rock?

Why must sedimentary rock always cover coal?

Bituminous coal that becomes metamorphic is called ______________

There are 2 main classes of metamorphic rock they are: __________ metamorphic rocks and__________ metamorphic rocks

Limestone that becomes metamorphic is called __________.

Shale that becomes metamorphic is called __________.

Claystone that becomes metamorphic is called________

Phylite, a metamorphic rock already, that is subjected to more heat and pressure becomes ______________

Sandstone that becomes metamorphic is called ____________________

Basalt that becomes metamorphic is called ________________.

What is a foliated metamorphic rock?

What is a Non-foliated metamorphic rock?

What causes metamorphic rock to become foliated?

What sometimes happens to the crystals in a rock when they are exposed to extreme pressure?

When these crystals are squashed, in what direction do they go?

Banding and thin layers are both examples of ________

Gneiss has what type of banding?

Shist has what type of banding?

a good example of a non-foliated metamorphic rock is

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