Mr. Chapa's Sedimentary Rocks Vocabulary w/ Pics

The breaking down of rocks into sediments by wind, water, waves, ice, and gravity (WWWIG).

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• earthquake

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Small pieces of broken down rocks like sand, gravel, silt, pebbles and clay.

• dirt
• gravel
• sand
• sediments

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

The movement, transport or carrying away of sediments to a new location by wind, water, waves, ice and gravity (WWWIG).

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping, leaving or depositing of sediments in a new location.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rocks that are formed when layers of sediments are compacted and cemented together by pressure over millions of years. Fossils can be found in this type of rock.

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• mountainous rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When layers of sediments are squeezed together by pressure.

• cementation

• compaction

• sediments

• erosion

When the layers of compacted sediments are glued together by salt crystals over millions of years.

• sediments

• deposition

• cementation

• rocks

The hardened remains of ancient plants and animals that were turned into rock and are preserved in sedimentary rocks.

• fossils

• fossil fuels

• coal

• oil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Things that people use everyday that are made by the Earth.

• natural resources

• resources

• landforms

• fossil fuels

This is what the top layers of sediments do to the lower layers of sediments that helps turn the sediments into sedimentary rocks.

• pressure

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2