An area where sediment is deposited that has distinct physical, chemical and biologic conditions is called a/an _____.  For example:  delta, lagoon, sand dunes, river channel, etc.

Most of Earth’s earthquakes occur along lithosphere plate boundaries.  True or false?

A body of rock of considerable thickness with characteristics that distinguish it from adjacent rock units is called a/an _____.

The rock schist most likely formed under _____.

The process that describes how rock types can change into other rock types is known as the _____.

What type of cooling history does a porphyritic igneous texture suggest?

Lithification, the turning of loose sediment into a sedimentary rock, is a two-step process involving _____ and _____.

If the hanging wall moves up, a _____ has occurred.

Metamorphic rock with a planar texture (the constituents of the rock are parallel to one another) are said to be _____.

The general process that changes the physical and/or chemical character of rocks at Earth’s surface is called _____.