'Rock Cycle: Sedimentary, And Metamorphic Rocks' Geology Worksheet

Rock Cycle: Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks

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Use your textbook pages 75-84 and the rock samples provided to complete this activity.

1. How are sedimentary rocks formed?

2. What does the Latin word sedimentum mean?

3. What does weathering mean? What is the difference between weathering by chemical

processes and weathering by physical processes?

4. What is erosion? Name 4 agents of erosion that were named in your textbooks?

5. What is deposition? How does the size of sediment affect how the sediment is deposited?

6. What is compaction? What is cementation?

7. Sedimentary rocks are classified into two main groups based on the way they form. How does a

clastic sedimentary rock form? How does a chemical sedimentary rock form? How does a

biochemical sedimentary rock form?

8. How do metamorphic rocks form?

9. What does “metamorphism” mean?

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