What are the six processes by which sediments are created and then lithified to become sedimentary rocks?

Explain the difference between chemical and physical weathering.

What factors determine how fast a rock will break apart or weather (know at least 2 of 4)?

Clastic sediments have been created by what kind of weathering?

Where are rocks likely to weather more rapidly: Antarctica or the African Rain Forest? Why?

How does the speed of water/wind relate to the amount and size of sediments that can be transported?

Explain the difference between a boulder and a conglomerate? A sand and a sandstone? A clay and a shale?

List at least three type of chemical sedimentary rocks. Explain which minerals they contain and how they might be formed.

How does burial change the make-up of a sediment and make it easier to lithify?

What is cementation?

What are sedimentary structures?

Explain the difference between a cross-bed and a graded bed. Why are graded beds so useful to geologists in the field? What do graded beds have in common with mud cracks?

Which side of a ripple mark faces the prevailing wind or water direction?

Give an example of a bioturbation structure.

Name some environments in which you might find clastic sediments.

Name some environments in which you might find chemical sediments.

What are the four different kinds of sandstone?