Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuels

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

• Cooling of lava or magma

• Earthquakes releasing lava from the core

• Compacting and cementing

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is deposition?

• Pieces of sediment come to rest, pile up, and deposit on a surface

• Movement of sediment from one location to another

• Breaking down of sediment from large rock

Water has moved through the area. What is this process called?

• compaction
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction

The sediment has been dropped off in a pile. What process happened last?

• weathering
• compaction
• cementation
• deposition

Putting pressure on sediments underground is called . . .

• deposition

• compaction

• weathering

• erosion

When sediments stick together its called . . . 

• cementation
• compaction
• deposition
• erosion

Students create a demonstration by pouring water on a pile of sand. What are they demonstrating?

• weathering
• erosion
• compaction
• cementation

Organic material inside of sedimentary rock comes from . . . 

• animals and plants that perished long ago
• a lot of pressure
• the deposits of sediment
• the ocean