Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock Review Sheet
1. Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed?
2. What are the 3 major classifications of sedimentary rocks
3. What are the differences between the 3 major types of clastic sedimentary rocks.
Name an example of each 3 types of clastic sedimentary rock
4. How is an organic sedimentary rock made give an example.
5. Where would you find a conglomerate being formed, sandstone formed, shale
formed, and limestone
6. What is a metamorphic rock
7. What is the difference between contact metamorphism and regional
metamorphism?
8. What is a foliated metamorphic rock? Give an example
9. Describe the relationship between slate, schist, and gneiss
10. What is the parent rock of slate, schist, and gneiss?
10. What is a non-foliated metamorphic rock? Give an example
11. What is the parent rock of marble of Quartzite?
12. As I continued to walk down the beach I saw a rock that caught my eye. It was
gray with little white specks in it. As I looked closer at the rock I began to see
little pieces of sea shells in the rock. I could see these shell fragments all through
the rock. As I looked closer I could almost make out some skeleton remains
embedded in the rock of sea animals. I thought this rock would be a good
addition to my rock collection
a. What kind of rock is this rock
b. Is this rock organic, or clastic sedimentary rock
c. What is the name of this rock
d. If this rock is heated and becomes a metamorphic rock it would be this
rock
13. As I was walking further down the beach I saw a rock that I do not see very often.
It was gray in color but it had bands running through it of different colors some
brown and some were black. Also there were specks of brown looking minerals
almost looking like garnet. Because I have not seen a rock like this in a while I
decided to add this to my collection of rocks.
a. What kind of rock is this?
b. Is this rock a foliated or non-foliated rock
c. What is the name of this rock
d. What would the parent rock of this rock be.