Chapter 9.4 - Sedimentary Rocks

Question 1

Sedimentary rocks

Answer 1

Rocks formed from sediments deposited by water, wind or ice

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

The wearing away and removal of rocks from natural elements

Question 3

Floodplains

Answer 3

Flat, open land beside a river where sediments are deposited through floods

Question 4

Glaciers

Answer 4

Large bodies of ice that move down slopes

Question 5

Moraines

Answer 5

Deposit left by a movement of glaciers

Question 6

Sandstone

Answer 6

A sedimentary with medium sized grains, the grains are cemented together by salts

Question 7

Mudstone

Answer 7

A fined-grained sedimentary rock without layering

Question 8

Shale

Answer 8

A fine grained sedimentary rock formed in layer by the consolidations of clay

Question 9

Siltstone

Answer 9

A sedimentary rock with particle size between that of sandstone and mudstone

Question 10

Conglomerate

Answer 10

A sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together

Question 11

Limestone

Answer 11

A sedimentary rock formed from the remains of Dead Sea organisms

Question 12

Rock salt

Answer 12

A sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or sea bed is dried up