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प्रश्न
What physical agents are involved in the sedimentary rocks?
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उत्तर
Rain water, wind, ice or the running water are the agents involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks. These agents break and carry on loose material and deposit it in various low lying areas to convert into the solid sedimentary rocks.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank
Granite is an example of intrusive ________ rocks.
State two points of distinction between rocks and minerals.
Explain the formation of sedimentary rocks on the basis of agents of formation.
Distinguish between Regional and Contact metamorphism.
Classify the following rock: Basalt
Classify the following rock: Marble
What is the basis for the classification of rocks?
Give one term for the following statement:
It has a definite chemical composition with its own chemical and physical properties.
Why fossils are preserved in Sedimentary and not in Igneous rocks?
Give reasons for the following
Extrusive rocks generally have small crystals.
Chemical sedimentary rocks are found in the beds of reservoirs.
How are igneous rocks formed?
An aggregate of minerals on the Earth’s Crust is called ______.
Which Soils are formed by the weathering of metamorphic rocks?
The word Ignis means rock.
What are the uses of soil?
The oldest sedimentary rocks of the world have been identified in ______.
Minerals exist in nature ¡n the form of ______ or ______.
Match the following.
| A. | Basalt | 1. | Anthracite |
| B. | Limestone | 2. | Extrusive igneous |
| C. | Coal | 3. | Metamorphic rock |
| D. | Gneiss | 4. | Sedimentary rock |
Statement (1): Sedimentary rocks consist of many layers.
Statement (2): Sedimentary rocks are formed by the sediments deposited at different points of time.
