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Sedimentary Rocks Flashcards

1
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Sedimentary rocks

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pieces of sediment are cemented together

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2
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Sediments

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sediments are in any body of water

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3
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3 types

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Clastic
Chemical
Organic

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4
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Clastic

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fragments of rocks glued together

cemented underwater

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5
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Examples of Clastic

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Conglomerate
Breccia
Sandstone

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Conglomerate

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round pebbles/sand glued together

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7
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Breccia

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sharp, jagged pebbles & gravel glued together

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Sandstone

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sand-sized particles glued together

quartz

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9
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Chemical

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acid dissolves minerals

after evaporation the rest of the minerals form rocks

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10
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Examples of Chemical

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Limestone
Rocksalt
Rock Gypsum

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11
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Limstone

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fizzes with calcite

strong to acids

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12
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Rocksalt

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Hailite

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13
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Rock Gypsum

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Gypsum

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14
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Organic

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living orgnisms

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15
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Organic forms

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solid remains of living plants & animals

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16
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Examples of Organic

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Coal
Coqunia
Fossiliferous Limestone

17
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Coal

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from dead plants, trees and animals

18
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Coquina

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small pieces of sea shells glued together

19
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Fossiliferous Limstone

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has lots of fossils

a type of limstone

20
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Important Features

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Stratafiction
Fossils
Ripple Marks
Mud Cracks
Nodules & Concretions
Geodes
21
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Stratfiction

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sediments are left at bottoms of lakes, river or oceans called strata

22
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Fossils

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hard remains of plants and animals/past life

23
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Ripple Marks

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marks caused by wind/waves on surface of sediments before turning into rocks

24
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Mud Cracks

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dry clay cracking

25
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Nodules & Concretions

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lumps of silica or calcite

layered

26
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Geodes

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hollow spear of silica/calcite crystals

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