4.17: Earth's Minerals and Rocks- Challenge 3
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- 5377
- 1. Landslides drop large piles of sediment due to ___.
- gravity
- 2. Weathering is a ___ phenomenon.
- surface
- 3. Red rocks are formed when which element is present?
- Oxygen
- 4. The process in which fluid deposits ions that bind loose sediment into rock is called ___.
- cementation
- 5. Shale is made from ___.
- clay
- 6. Order the following sedimentary rocks by grain size, from smallest to largest: sandstone, breccia/conglomerate, shale, and siltstone.
- siltstone (1), shale (2), sandstone (3), and breccia/conglomerate (4)
- 7. Sediments are deposited ___.
- horizontally
- 8. Which type of metamorphism occurs when nearby magma alters a rock?
- Contact metamorphism
- 9. ___ metamorphism occurs over a large area.
- Regional
- 10. Which of the following metamorphic rocks is foliated: quartzite, gneiss, or marble?
- Gneiss
- 11. Metamorphism of limestone turns into ___.
- marble
- 12. Slate is made from the metamorphism of ___.
- shale