Topic 9.4 Sedimantary Rocks

Question 1

Sedimentary rocks

Answer 1

Desposited by water and ice and settled to the bottom of a river or creek bed and under pressure

Question 2

Metamophic rocks

Answer 2

Rock formed from another rock under great heat and

pressure

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

Wearing away by wether and wind

Question 4

Floodplain

Answer 4

Flat and open area beside a river where sediments are desposited during floods

Question 5

Glaciers

Answer 5

Large bodies of ice that push things in front of them

Question 6

Moraines

Answer 6

Desposit left by glacers

Question 7

Mudstone

Answer 7

Fine grained sedimentary rock with layers

Question 8

Sandstone

Answer 8

Medium sized grain that are cemented together with Silica and other salts

Question 9

Shale

Answer 9

Sedimentary rock formed by the codenslilation of clay

Question 10

Slitstone

Answer 10

Sedimentary rock with particle size of sandstone and mudstone

Question 11

Conglomerate

Answer 11

Sedimentary rock with particles of different sizes glued together

Question 12

Limestone

Answer 12

The remains of sea organisms

Question 13

Coal

Answer 13

The remains of once living plants that have had pressure on it

Question 14

Rock salt

Answer 14

Lake or sea bed that has been drained

Question 15

Metamorphism

Answer 15

The process of rocks being changing under pressure or heat

Question 16

Metamorphic rock

Answer 16

Rock formed from another rock that has been though heat and pressure

Question 17

Slate

Answer 17

Fine grained rock formed with moderate heat and prussure

Question 18

Gneiss

Answer 18

Formed from granite under great pressure