chapte r6.3

Question 1

define clasts

Answer 1

small rock and minerals fragments

Question 2

What types of erosion are rocks on earths sureface exsopsed to?

Answer 2

water,wind,and forces

Question 3

what does it mean if clasts are being trasported?

Answer 3

they go to a new location

Question 4

what does it mean if clasts are being deposited?

Answer 4

clasts are dropped off

Question 5

define pore space.

Answer 5

they empty space in between the grains

Question 6

define compaction

Answer 6

the process by which clasts stick together due to weight of overlying materials

Question 7

define cementation

Answer 7

minerals percipitate slowly out of water solution and crystallize in the space between clasts inprocess.

Question 8

how are sedimentary rocks formed?

Answer 8

by compaction and cementation

Question 9

what is another name for clasts?

Answer 9

detritus

Question 10

what are sedimentary rocks called that mostly made of clasts?

Answer 10

detrital sedimentary rocks

Question 11

what is the decreasing sizeof clasts?

Answer 11

gravel,sand,silt,or clay

Question 12

which clast size would deposited first?

Answer 12

gravel

Question 13

what are 4 commondetrial sedimentary rock?

Answer 13

breccia,sandstone,siltstone,and shale

Question 14

how are chemical sedimentary rocks fomed?

Answer 14

from water that contains dissolved solids

Question 15

if sedimentary rocks contain remains of living organisms what are they called?

Answer 15

biochemical sedimentary rocks

Question 16

what are 2 common biochemical sedimentary rocks?

Answer 16

limestone and coal

Question 17

what are 3 types of sedimentary rocks?

Answer 17

sandstone,limestone,and shale