Chapter 5 Review
Rocks and Minerals II
Name___________________
1. Write a definition in your own words for term
.
2. What is a sediment?
3. What is deposition?
4. Name the three ways that sedimentary rocks are formed.
5. How does coal form?
6. What is the most common sedimentary rock?
7. Write three interesting facts about limestone.
8. What is the difference between
and
?
9-10. Compare and contrast
and
. (How are the alike and how are they different).
11. What is a
rock?
12-14. What are the three main
of metamorphism?
15-17. Define
,
, and
metamorphism.
18. How does
form?
19-22. Name the four eras of geologic time from the oldest era to the present era.
23. Compare and contrast the terms
and
changes.
24-35. Describe the climate, the land, and the dominant plant or animal of each of the four eras of geologic time.
Precambrian-
Paleozoic-
Mesozoic-
Cenozoic-