Section IV Rock Cycle Ch. 6 – Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review complete a memory cue (use in a sentence, – – describe in your own words, or create a sketch) for the following terms. Term Definition Memory Cue Small pieces of rock that are moved Sediment and deposited by water, wind, glaciers, Small pieces of other rocks. and gravity. The physical and chemical processes The process that forms Lithification that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks. sedimentary rocks. Process of sedimentary rock formation Glues pieces of Cementation that occurs when dissolved minerals sediments together. precipitate out of groundwater. Horizontal layering in sedimentary rock; Layers of sedimentary rock Bedding layers that can range from a few (in horizontal patterns). millimeters to several meters thick. Layers of horizontal Type of bedding in which particle sizes sedimentary rock with Graded Bedding become progressively heavier and large sediments on the coarser toward the bottom layers. bottom and small sediment on the top layers. Rock and mineral fragments produced Sedimentary rocks formed by weathering and erosion and by other pieces of rock Clastic classified according to particle size and sediment. shape. The layers of chemical sedimentary Sedimentary rocks formed rocks that form when concentrations of by water evaporation, Evaporite dissolved minerals in a body of water leaving mineral crystals reach saturation due to the behind. evaporation of water. Describes metamorphic rock minerals are squeezed under high Foliated pressure and arranged in wavy layers and bands. Describes metamorphic rocks Nonfoliated composed mainly of minerals that form with blocky crystal shapes.
Section IV – Rock Cycle Ch. 6 Vocabulary Review – Vocabulary Review – complete a memory cue (use in a sentence, describe in your own words, or create a sketch) for the following terms. Term Definition Memory Cue Sediment Small pieces of rock that are moved and deposited by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity. Small pieces of other rocks. Lithification The physical and chemical processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks. The process that forms sedimentary rocks. Cementation Process of sedimentary rock formation that occurs when dissolved minerals precipitate out of groundwater. Glues pieces of sediments together. Bedding Horizontal layering in sedimentary rock; layers that can range from a few millimeters to several meters thick. Layers of sedimentary rock (in horizontal patterns). Graded Bedding Type of bedding in which particle sizes become progressively heavier and coarser toward the bottom layers. Layers of horizontal sedimentary rock with large sediments on the bottom and small sediment on the top layers. Clastic Rock and mineral fragments produced by weathering and erosion and classified according to particle size and shape. Sedimentary rocks formed by other pieces of rock sediment. Evaporite The layers of chemical sedimentary rocks that form when concentrations of dissolved minerals in a body of water reach saturation due to the evaporation of water. Sedimentary rocks formed by water evaporation, leaving mineral crystals behind. Foliated Describes metamorphic rock minerals are squeezed under high pressure and arranged in wavy layers and bands. Nonfoliated Describes metamorphic rocks composed mainly of minerals that form with blocky crystal shapes.