Sedimentary Rocks/Fossil Fuels

What factors can lead to the formation of a sedimentary rock?

• melting and solidification

• extreme heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

What is the process of running water, wind, or ice loosening and carrying away fragments of rock?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?

• Weathering
• Erosion

_{Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.}

• True
• False

The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

What characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?

• weather patterns
• tiny crystals
• striped layers
• glassy surfaces

How is sediment classified/grouped?

• By color
• By hardness
• By size

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

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

What is deposition?

• Pieces of sediment come to rest on a surface
• Movement of sediment
• Breaking down of sediment 

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False