Chapter 5 Review

Rocks and Minerals II

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1. Write a definition in your own words for term weathering.
2. What is a sediment?
3. What is deposition?
4. Name the three ways that sedimentary rocks are formed.
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5. How does coal form?
6. What is the most common sedimentary rock?
7. Write three interesting facts about limestone.
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8. What is the difference between stalactites and stalagmites?
9. Compare and contrast breccia and conglomerate. 
10. What is a metamorphic rock?
11. What are the three main agents of metamorphism?
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12. Define
    1. Contact-
    2. Regional-
    3. Dynamic-
13. Metamorphism-
14. How does marble form?
15. Name the four eras of geologic time from the oldest era to the present era.
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16. Compare and contrast the terms biological and physical changes.
17. Describe the climate, the land, and the dominant plant or animal of each of the four eras of geologic time.
    1. Precambrian-
    2. Paleozoic-
    3. Mesozoic-
    4. Cenozoic-