Geology 1601 LSU - Lab Manual in Physical Geology With 100% Correct Answers

Geology 1601 LSU - Lab Manual in
Physical Geology With 100% Correct
Answers

Sedimentary Rocks - correct answers ✔✔Formed when particles of broken rock and organic
materials are pressed and cemented together to form new rocks. Sediments are mud, sand,
pebbles, shells, bones, leaves, and stems. Some rocks of this type can be sandstone, limestone,
and gypsum.



Sediments - correct answers ✔✔small, solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or
organisms; particles of rock and sand.



Lithification - correct answers ✔✔The process that converts sediments into solid rock by
compaction or cementation.



Chemical Sediment - correct answers ✔✔Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals
precipitate from a solution or settle from a suspension. Example: gypsum



Chemical Weathering - correct answers ✔✔The process in which rock is broken down by
changes in its chemical makeup



Physical Weathering - correct answers ✔✔Any process that breaks rock down into smaller
pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.



Clasts - correct answers ✔✔Broken pieces and fragments of rocks