Sedimentary Rock Lesson 8.3

_________ is NOT a clastic sedimentary rock.

• Sandstone

• Rock gypsum

• conglomerate

Rocks made of broken rocks and minerals

• Clastic

• Chemical

• Biochemical / Organic

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

the dropping of sediments in layers. 

• compaction
• deposition
• erosion
• weathering

What are the types of sedimentary rock?

• Igneous; Metamorphic; Sedimentary

• Clastic; Igneous; Sedimentary

• Chemical; Clastic; Inorganic

• Organic; Clastic; Chemical

Chemical rocks are...

• Made from heat

• Made when water evaporates and minerals crystallize

• Made from dead animals/plants

• Made from pieces of other rocks

Organic or biochemical rocks are...

• Made from heat

• Made when water evaporates and minerals crystallize

• Made from the remains of dead animals/plants

• Made from pieces of other rocks

What is this an example of?

• organic rock

• breccia

• rock salt

• Clastic rock

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation