Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks

Question 1

Sedimentary in Hot Spring

Answer 1

Travertine

Question 2

Sedimentary in Beach

Answer 2

Sandstone; Arkose

Question 3

Sedimentary in Evaporating Ocean

Answer 3

Rock salt; Rock gypsum

Question 4

Sedimentary in River

Answer 4

Conglomerate; Siltstone

Question 5

Sedimentary in lakes/lagoon

Answer 5

Shale

Question 6

Sedimentary in Reef

Answer 6

Fossiliferous Limestone; Coquina

Question 7

Sedimentary in Deep Ocean

Answer 7

Crystalline Limestone

Question 8

Sedimentary in alluvial fan

Answer 8

Breccia

Question 9

Sedimentary in Swamp

Answer 9

Coal

Question 10

sedimentary in Shallow Marine

Answer 10

Oolitic limestone

Question 11

Clastic Sedimentary

Answer 11

gritty; cemented together (except shale)

Question 12

Chemical sedimentary

Answer 12

smooth feel; dissolved; Evaportie; Precpiitates

Question 13

Bioclastic Sedimentary

Answer 13

Living things cemented together

Question 14

Transgression

Answer 14

Sea levels rises; Finer upwards (1. Limestone, 2. Shale, 3. Sandstone)

Question 15

Regression

Answer 15

Sea level drops; Coarser Upwards (1. Sandstone, 2. Shale, 3. Limestone)

Question 16

4 ways sediment may become lithified into sedimentary rock

Answer 16

Compaction; cementation; Precipitation; Evaporation

Question 17

Cross Bedding

Answer 17

Result of wind/water changing directions

Question 18

Graded bedding

Answer 18

large particles settle out first (deep water)

Question 19

Mud cracks

Answer 19

form in alternating wet/dry enviroments

Question 20

Ripple marks

Answer 20

Symmetrical: deep water with no current; Assymmetrical: Shallow water or wind- indicated current direction; Sand +Sandstone

Question 21

Varves

Answer 21

Dark= Winter (fine); Light= Summer (Coarse); 1 fine + 1 Coarse layers = 1 year

Question 22

Parent of Slate

Answer 22

Shale (more dull)

Question 23

Parent of phyllite

Answer 23

Slate

Question 24

Parent of schist

Answer 24

Phyllite

Question 25

Parent of gneiss

Answer 25

Schist or granite

Question 26

Parent rock of jaspillite

Answer 26

iron formation

Question 27

Parent rock of quartzite

Answer 27

sandstone

Question 28

Parent rock of marble

Answer 28

limestone or dolomite

Question 29

Parent rock of hornfels

Answer 29

basalt and scoria

Question 30

Parent rock of anthractie

Answer 30

coal

Question 31

Parent rock of metaconglomerate

Answer 31

conglomerate

Question 32

Pressure

Answer 32

Effect: foliation; Cause: Pressure (Plate Collisions)

Question 33

Heat

Answer 33

Effect: Larger Crystals; Cause: increaed heat (but not enough to melt)

Question 34

Chemcally active fluids

Answer 34

Effect: Chemical change; Cause: Hydrothermal Solution

Question 35

How to Form Igneous Rocks

Answer 35

Cooling of Magma/ Lava

Question 36

How to form Sedimentary Rocks

Answer 36

From Igneous (Weathering into Sediments than lithification into Sedimentary); From Metamorphic (Exposer to surface- Weathering/Erosion, than lithification)

Question 37

How to form Metamorphic Rocks

Answer 37

From Sedimentary (Heat and Pressure from being buried); From Igneous (Heat &/or Pressure)

Question 38

LIthification

Answer 38

cementation, precipitation, Evaporation, and compaction