Rock types (sedimentary, Igneous, metamorphic)

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

Which is smaller?
Clay or Silt

• Clay
• Silt

What does clastic mean?

• Compacted sediment
• Magma made the rock
• The rock has crystals 

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

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering
• Clastic
• Vesicular

What is deposition?

• Pieces of sediment come to rest on a surface
• Movement of sediment
• Breaking down of sediment 

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

• melting and solidification

• extreme heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

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

• evaporation and precipitation

• melting and solidification

• extreme heat and pressure

Describe the texture of breccia.

• vesicular

• clastic

• crystalline

• bioclastic