Sedimentary Rocks

Question 1

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 1

Chert

Question 2

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 2

Shale

Question 3

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 3

Quartz Sandstone

Question 4

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 4

Conglomerate

Question 5

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 5

Breccia

Question 6

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 6

Bituminous Coal

Question 7

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 7

Lignite Coal

Question 8

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 8

Fossiliferous Limestone

Question 9

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 9

Peat

Question 10

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 10

Banded Iron

Question 11

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 11

Limestone

Question 12

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 12

Rock Salt

Question 13

What is the name of this rock?

Answer 13

Rock Gypsum

Question 14

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 14

Chemical/inorganic

Question 15

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 15

Clastic/detrital

Question 16

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 16

Clastic/detrital

Question 17

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 17

Clastic/detrital

Question 18

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 18

Clastic/detrital

Question 19

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 19

Biochemical/organic

Question 20

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 20

Biochemical/organic

Question 21

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 21

Biochemical/organic

Question 22

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 22

Biochemical/organic

Question 23

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 23

Chemical/inorganic

Question 24

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 24

Chemical/inorganic

Question 25

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 25

Chemical/inorganic

Question 26

Is this rock clastic/detrital, chemical/inorganic, or biochemical/organic?

Answer 26

Chemical/inorganic

Question 27

Describe this *clastic* rock's texture using the format: grain size grain shape sorting of the grains

Answer 27

clay rounded well sorted

Question 28

Describe this clastic rock's texture using the format: grain size grain shape sorting of the grains

Answer 28

fine sand rounded well-sorted

Question 29

Describe this clastic rock's texture using the format: grain size grain shape sorting of the grains

Answer 29

gravel semi-rounded poorly-sorted

Question 30

Describe this clastic rock's texture using the format: grain size grain shape sorting of the grains

Answer 30

gravel-pebble angular poorly-sorted

Question 31

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 31

no obvious granules slight glassy sheen soft

Question 32

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 32

no obvious granules matte sheen soft

Question 33

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 33

uneven crystals obvious fossils of organic matter

Question 34

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 34

dirt-like light no crystalline granules; uneven asortment of organic matter; not fossiliferous

Question 35

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 35

heavy smooth no obvious granules

Question 36

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 36

heavy gritty any obvious granules are very small

Question 37

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 37

semi-soft half glassy, half opaque white salty taste

Question 38

Describe this rock's texture; it is non-clastic, so there is no specific format in which to describe it

Answer 38

micro-crystalline mostly opaque

Question 39

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 39

quartz

Question 40

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 40

carbon clay calcite?

Question 41

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 41

quartz

Question 42

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 42

quartz hematite (small amount, between the granules)

Question 43

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 43

quartz hematite

Question 44

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 44

carbon

Question 45

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 45

carbon

Question 46

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 46

calcite fossils

Question 47

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 47

carbon organic matter

Question 48

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 48

quartz hematite

Question 49

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 49

calcite

Question 50

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 50

halite

Question 51

What is the mineral composition of this rock?

Answer 51

gypsum