Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What type of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of other rocks?
|
Clastic (fragmental)
|
|
|
How can clastic sedimentary rocks be distinguished from one another?
|
by their grain size
|
|
|
How do crystalline/chemical sedimentary rocks form?
|
Minerals are dissolved in water, the water evaporates, and the minerals precipitate back to the solid form
|
|
|
What type of rock can fossils be found in?
|
Sedimentary
|
|
|
Which sedimentary rocks in the ESRT are monominerallic?
|
The crystalline and bioclastic ones
|
|
|
What is a rock called that has more than one mineral in its composition?
|
polyminerallic
|
|
|
What is a rock called that has only one mineral in its composition?
|
monominerallic
|
