Each of the following statements describes one or more characteristics of a part
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Each of the following statements describes one or more characteristics of a particular sedimentary rock. For each definition, identify the sedimentary rock being described. (Answers are: Chert, Silicate, Conglomerate, Coal, Limestone, Graywake, Rock Salt, Shale, Arkose, Flint, Rock Gypsum)
1.A fine-grained detrital rock that exhibits fissility.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
2.A dark, hard rock made of microcrystalline quartz.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
3.A purely organic sedimentary rock.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
4.Made from an evaporite sulfate mineral.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
5.A detrital rock containing particles between 1/16 mm and 1/256 mm.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
6.The most abundant chemical sedimentary rock.
Chert Siltstone Conglomerate Coal Limestone Graywacke Rock salt Shale Arkose Flint Rock gypsum
Explanation / Answer
Question 1
Answer: shale
A fine-grained detrital rock that exhibits fissility is shale.
Shale is a sedimentary.
It has fine grain size.
It has fissility( means peel off like layers)
2.A dark, hard rock made of microcrystalline quartz
Answer: Chert.
Chert is microcrystalline sedimentary rock.
3.A purely organic sedimentary rock.
Answer: Limestone
4.Made from an evaporite sulfate mineral.
Answer: Rock gypsum
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