1. Where do the sediments come from that form inorganic sedimentary rocks?
2. What is the mineral composition of shale?
3. What is the mineral composition of limestone?
4. Which inorganic sedimentary rocks are made up of all different size sediments?
5. Which of the inorganic sedimentary rocks has the smallest size sediments?
6. Which sedimentary rock can easily be split into thinner layers?
7. A large sample of this rock would show pieces of shells.
8. A particle 0.2 to 6.4 cm in diameter would be called what?
9. What is the smallest and largest diameter that a sand particle can be?
10. What is the mineral composition of rock salt?
11. What is the mineral composition of dolostone?
12. Sand sized sediments may form which sedimentary rock?
13. What land-derived sedimentary rock is made of the smallest sized sediments?
14. Which sedimentary rocks have a bioclastic texture?
15. Name three sedimentary rocks that form from the evaporation of water.
16. What is the difference between breccia and conglomerate?
17. Which sedimentary rock is composed of calcite?
18. Which sedimentary rock is composed of carbon?
19. Which sedimentary rock is composed of halite?
 

ANSWERS

1. land
2. mostly quartz, feldspar & clay minerals. May contain fragments of other rocks & minerals
3. calcite
4. conglomerate and breccia
5. shale
6. shale
7. limestone
8. pebble
9. .006 and .2
10. halite
11. dolomite
12. sandstone
13. shale
14. limestone and coal
15. rock salt, rock gypsum, dolostone
16. conglomerate has rounded fragments, breccia has angular fragments
17. limestone
18. coal
19. rock salt