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Sort the sedimentary rocks into the correct category. - ANSWERClastic
-Square rock
-Pickaxe
Biochemical
-Penny
-Little bit of green to the left but mainly rocky
Organic
-Trees at top and water at bottom
Chemical
-Mountain in background, mainly flat surface
-cylinder rock

Rank the following steps describing how a clastic sedimentary rock forms from its
pre-existing parent rock. - ANSWERTop to Bottom
-Weathering
-Erosion
-Transportation
-Deposition
-Lithification

The image shows photographs of sandstones taken with a petrographic microscope
(a special type of microscope used by geologists). Match the description of sorting
with the appropriate specimen. - ANSWERLeft to Right
-moderately sorted
-well sorted
-poorly sorted

Dunes form when currents (wind or water) move in one direction. Much like
asymmetrical ripples, they have a gentle slope on the upstream side and a steep
slope on the downstream side (slip face). Use the shape of this dune to select the
statement that most accurately describes the wind direction in the image. -
ANSWERThe wind was blowing from left to right.

Match each rock with the environment in which it most likely formed - ANSWERLeft
to Right
-red beds
-coal
-marine sandstone