Sedimentary Rock Quiz

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

Which is bigger?
Silt, Cobble, or Sand

• Silt
• Cobble
• Sand

Name one size of sediment that can make breccia or conglomerate.

• Clay
• Pebble
• Sand

How is sediment classified/grouped?

• By color
• By hardness
• By size

How is sediment formed?

• Weathering and Erosion
• Melting
• Pressure

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

• Cooling of lava or magma
• Heat and pressure
• Compacting and cementing

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering
• Clastic
• Vesicular

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

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

Small pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation