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Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Vocabulary

30 Points
Due: Thursday, November 16th
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This term describes the size, shape, and arrangement of mineral grains found in a metamorphic rock.
Second most abundant sedimentary rock; forms in a wide variety of environments.
These minerals can be used to identify metamorphic environments.
Sediments and sedimentary rocks cover approximately ___ percent of Earth.
This is a unique situation where the sediments in a strata gradually change from coarse at the bottom to fine at the top.
Rocks that Form when restricted seaways become over- saturated and salt deposition starts.
When forces are unequal in different directions, a rock is experiencing...
Rocks that have been partially melted and are transitional to igneous rocks.
When force is being applied equally in all directions, a rock is experiencing....
This term is used to describe the degree of similarity in particle size in a sedimentary rock.
Which type of sedimentary rocks form from the carbon-rich remains of organisms, usually plants of some sort?
A metamorphic rock's ______ is the degree to which the parent rock changes during metamorphism.
Type of metamorphism associated with very thick sedimentary strata in a subsiding basin.
Sedimentary environment which borders the world's continents and receives huge quantities of terrestrial sediments. Can be either deep or shallow.
Most abundant mineral found in sandstone.
Which type of sedimentary rocks form from precipitated material that was once in solution?
These structures are the remains of prehistoric life.
Every metamorphic rock has one of these...
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Sedimentary environments that include beaches, tidal flats, lagoons, and deltas.
Organic processes (usually from aquatic life) forms ________ sedimentary rocks.
Which type of sedimentary rocks form from sediments that have been weathered and transported?
This is the process of forming new, stable minerals larger than the original.
Type of metamorphism that is a chemical alteration caused by hot, ion-rich fluids circulating through pore spaces and rock fractures.
This occurs when layers of sedimentary rocks are inclined.
These structures indicate sediments form in an alternatively wet and dry environment.
This term means that a rock can be split into thin layers.
These are small waves that are lithified in the sedimentary rocks.
_________ sediments are typically transported only short distances.
Type of metamorphism that produces the greatest quantity of metamorphic rock; associated with mountain building.
Layers of sedimentary rock are called...
What term describes any planar arrangement of mineral grains or structural features within a rock?