Why can mineral color be unreliable for identification? 

Compaction and cementation of grains occurs during __________.

The primary difference between breccia and conglomerate is that conglomerate __________.

Geologists call individual layers of sedimentary rocks __________, whereas several of them together are called __________.

A sedimentary rock which contains environmental clues, such as grey-green mudstones with laminations and freshwater fossils, would mostly likely indicate which depositional environment?

A shale differs from a mudstone in that it __________.

The sedimentary rocks breccia and conglomerate most commonly form in a __________ environment.

In the figure below, distinct internal laminations are inclined at an angle to the boundary of the main sedimentary layers. These are termed __________ and indicate ________________________.

Assess the sediments in the figure below and identify which would most likely lithify into a shale?