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ES-Rock Cycle, pt 2
Unit5: Rock Cycle, Chapter 6 Glencoe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solid material deposited on the Earth's surface by wind, water, ice, gravity, or chemical precipitation are: | Sediments |
| What kind of weathering changes the molecular composition of rock? | Chemical weathering |
| What kind of sediments are formed from mechanical weathering? | Clastic |
| Rock formed by sediments is classified by what feature? | Particle size |
| What are the four main agents of erosion? | wind, moving water, gravity, and glaciers |
| Sediments laid down on the ground or that sink to the bottoms of bodies of water are called | water deposition or deposits |
| When sediments are turned to stone through compaction and cementation this is called | lithification |
| Calcite and quartz crystallization are two forms of what kind of lithification? | cementation |
| The visual layering of sedimentary rocks is a feature called | bedding |