Sedimentary Rocks

Processes that form sedimentary rock

• compaction

• melting

• cooling

• cementation

Rocks breaking down

• compaction

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The movement of sediments

• erosion

• weathering

• compaction

• deposition

What can ONLY be found in sedimentary rocks

• Mr. Brode's car keys

• Fossils

• crystals

• Mrs. Nash's phone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Sedimentary rock classifications (select all that apply)

• detrital (clastic)

• intrusive

• organic

• chemical

• extrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When sediments are pressed together by the weight of other sediments above them to for a sedimentary rock

• melting

• cementation

• cooling

• compaction

Sandstone, shale, and conglomerate are examples of which type of seimentary rock?

• Chemical

• Detrital

• Organic

Limestone and Halite (rock salt) are examples of this classification of sedimentary rock

• Detrital

• Organic

• Chemical

Coal and coquina are examples of what classification of sedimentary rock?

• Detrital

• Chemical

• Organic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Broken pieces of rock (gravel, sand, silt)

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sediments

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3