Sedimentary Rocks

Name this rock.

• lithographic limestone
• breccia
• coal
• conglomerate

what kind of rock is formed when debris is buried, compresses and cemented together? 

• Metmaorphic
• Magma
• Sedimetnary
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

squeezing sediments together in layers

• compaction
• weathering
• cementation
• deposition 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• melting and solidification

• extreme heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the correct order of making and dropping off of sediments?

• weathering, erosion, deposition 
• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, deposition , erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is an organically formed sedimentary rock? (A biochemical rock)

• obsidian

• coal

• siltstone

• shale

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is a chemically formed sedimentary rock?

• marble

• breccia

• rock salt

• quartz

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants and animals is called _?_.

• chemical sedimentary rock

• biochemical (organic) sedimentary rock

• clastic sedimentary rock

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1