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Lesson 10 - Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks ⚒⛰

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⚒⛰ Lesson 10 | Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks ⚒⛰

Objective: You will investigate the properties by which sedimentary and metamorphic rocks can be identified.

Sedimentary Rock 1

What is the name of Rock #1?

What evidence do you have to back up your identification? Hint: Use the ESRT or your notes

Sedimentary Rock 2

What is the name of Rock #2?

What evidence do you have to back up your identification? Hint: Use the ESRT or your notes

Sedimentary Rock 3

What is the name of Rock #3?

What evidence do you have to back up your identification? Hint: Use the ESRT or your notes

Sedimentary Rock 4

What is the name of Rock #4?

What evidence do you have to back up your identification? Hint: Use the ESRT or your notes

Sedimentary Rock 5

What is the name of Rock #5?

What evidence do you have to back up your identification? Hint: Use the ESRT or your notes

Sedimentary Rock Formation Environments

Use Figure above to identify the environment(s) (A–L) where the sediment for the following sedimentary rocks could have been deposited. Some of these rocks can be found in multiple environments; please include all possible answers. Hint: You will need to know the grain size and/or composition of the sediment that makes up the rock.

Rock Gypsum

Conglomerate

Sandstone

Shale

Bituminous Coal

Limestone

The rocks in Zion National Park, Utah, consist of layers of well-sorted quartz sandstone, shown below. Describe the environment that existed when these sediments were deposited. (Hint: Examine the sedimentary environments shown above.)

Base your answer on the pictures of four rocks. Each circle shows a magnified view of a rock. Which rock is metamorphic and shows evidence of foliation?

How are the three rock types classified?

Identify the foliated metamorphic rocks shown below

Slate
Phyllite
Schist
Gneiss

List the 4 rocks identified above in order from lowest (TOP) to highest (BOTTOM) amount of metamorphism (heat and pressure).

  1. Schist
  2. Slate
  3. Gneiss
  4. Phyllite

Match each of the metamorphic rocks listed below with one possible parent rock from the following list: bitumi-
nous coal, shale, limestone, slate, granite, sandstone.

Anthracite Coal
Slate
Marble
Schist
Gneiss
Quartzite

Categorize the following words with the correct type of rock.

  • Foliated Texture
  • Clastic Texture
  • Banding
  • Chemical Rocks
  • Vesicular
  • Lithification
  • Alignment of Mineral Grains
  • Silt-sized Particles
  • Felsic Composition
  • Glassy Texture
  • Evaporite Deposits
  • Crystals less than 1 mm
  • Angular Fragments
  • Stretched or Deformed Pebbles
  • Intergrown crystals
  • Fossils
  • Heat and Pressure
  • Solidification
  • Compaction and Cementation
  • Gneiss
  • Granite
  • Conglomerate
  • Igneous
  • Metamorphic
  • Sedimentary

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the rock cycle diagram below.
State the specific names of rocks A, B, and C in the diagram. Not all rock names are used. Only one rock name should be used for rocks A, B, and C.

  • Obsidian
  • Rock Salt
  • Shale
  • Metaconglomerate
  • Gneiss
  • Rhyolite
  • Granite
  • Rock A
  • Rock B
  • Rock C