Sedimentary Rock

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

What rock is made from sand?

• Siltstone
• Gravel
• Sandstone

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering
• Clastic
• Vesicular

Fossils are made by

• Plants dying
• Animals or plants are imprinted on a layer of sedimentary rock
• Breaking down of rocks

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

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

• erosion
• cementation 
• pressure
• weathering

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

Sediment that is left behind in rivers lakes and oceans

• weathering
• erosion
• cementation
• deposition

When the weight of new  sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers

• erosion
• compaction
• pressure
• weathering