SEDIMENTARY

Question 1

Solidification of unconsolidated deposits (sediments) at or near the surface of the earth.

Answer 1

sedimentary rock

Question 2

What are unconsolidated deposits called?

Answer 2

Sediments

Question 3

Sediment classification – weathering

Answer 3

Detrital

Question 4

Sediment classification – organic synthesis or precipitation

Answer 4

Organic

Question 5

Sediment classification
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inorganic precipitation

Answer 5

Chemical

Question 6

The process sediments undergo to become sedimentary rocks

Answer 6

Compaction and Cementation

Question 7

What is the combination of processes that break up and corrode solid rock transforming into sediments?

Answer 7

Weathering

Question 8

What is the weathering type that breaks solid rocks into grains or chunks of clasts?

Answer 8

Physical

Question 9

Rocks or sediments suitable for plant growth modified by physical and chemical interaction with organic material and rainwater.

Answer 9

Soil

Question 10

Removes and transports soil, rock, or
dissolved material from one location on the Earth’s crust

Answer 10

Erosion

Question 11

Gravity, water current, wind, animals

Answer 11

Transport Agents

Question 12

Sediment-filled depression due to subsidence

Answer 12

sedimentary basin

Question 13

Minerals precipitate from groundwater at
pores and binds cements

Answer 13

cementation

Question 14

Relics of past life left on bedding surfaces

Answer 14

Fossils

Question 15

Conditions in which sediment was deposited

Answer 15

sedimentary environments

Question 16

Give 2 organic sedimentary rocks

Answer 16

coal
limestone
oil shale

Question 17

Describes the distribution of grain size of sediments

Answer 17

sorting

Question 18

Controls the rock’s porosity and permeability

Answer 18

fabric

Question 19

Degree to which a clast resembles a sphere

Answer 19

sphericity

Question 20

Cemented solid fragments and grains from pre-existing rocks

Answer 20

clastic

Question 21

Hardening of soft sediment into rock due to diagenesis

Answer 21

lithification

Question 22

Sediments squeezed closer together

Answer 22

compaction

Question 23

Occurs through compaction and cementation

Answer 23

diagenesis

Question 24

Mud dries up after deposition

Answer 24

mud cracks

Question 25

Sediments subjected to increasingly high temperatures and pressures and chemical changes.

Answer 25

burial