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ES-Rock Cycle, pt 2
Unit5: Rock Cycle, Chapter 6 Glencoe
Question | Answer |
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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 |