Study Guide 6

 

 

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Chapter 6

I.                   Sedimentary Rocks- Clastic, Non-Clastic, Chemical and Organic

-         formation

1-   Weathering: Physical and Chemical

2-   Erosion and Transport

3-   Deposition

4-   Burial

-         Lithification- definition and examples

-         Types of bedding- example: cross-bedding

II.                Types of Sedimentary Rocks

-         know how to read table 6-2 page 128

-         Clastic- coarse-grained, medium-grained and fine-grained. Know how each is formed, characteristics and examples

-         Chemical-evaporation and organic: know how each is formed, characteristics and examples

-         Organic-limestone

-         Porosity- Sandstone and Oil

III.             Metamorphic

-         causes-pressure and temperature

-         know all types of metamorphism and give examples of each

-         Textures-foliated and nonfoilated-know the difference between the two: definition, formation and examples

-         Mineral Changes: temperature changes minerals

-         Compositional Changes- Chemical composition of parent rock

IV.           Rock Cycle

-         know the diagram on your worksheet

-         know the different paths in the cycle for creating metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous rocks

-         Know the difference between all the rocks we have studied: for example: sedimentary vs metamorphic