Sedimentary Rock Process

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 pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion

• cementation

• pressure

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

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

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process in which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

What is the process that presses sediments together?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

This keeps sedimentary rock stuck together

• fossils
• gorilla glue
• minerals
• sand

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2