Sedimentary Rocks

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

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

How is sediment formed?

• Weathering and Erosion
• Melting
• Pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering
• Clastic
• Vesicular

Which of the following is an organically formed sedimentary rock?

• obsidian

• coal

• siltstone

• shale

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?

• weathering
• sediment

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

Which formation process do most sedimentary rocks follow?

• cementation, compaction, deposition, erosion

• erosion, compaction, cementation, deposition

• weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

Which best describes deposition?

• sediment pressing together

• dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles together

• particles settle as loosely packed sediment

• running water or wind carry away fragments of rock