Sedimentary Check

Sediments are...

• layers

• minerals

• pieces of Earth of rock

pieces of rock can be moved by...

• wind

• water

• ice

• all of the above

It takes ____________ years for sedimentary rocks to form.

• millions of

• hundreds of

• 2

The bottom layer of sedimentary rock is...

• old

• new

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion
• cementation 
• pressure
• weathering

Force of objects pushing on other objects

• erosion
• pressure
• fighting

Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• natural gas
• imprints
• photos
• fossils

Choose a sedimentary rock

• Shale

• lava

• Granite

• Basalt

_____________ means layers of rock

• sediment

• strata

• limestone