Sedimentary Rocks

Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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Name this rock.

• lithographic limestone
• breccia
• coal
• conglomerate

Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made up of fragments of older rocks is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

Deposition is

• When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

• Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

• Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

• When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made by precipitation of dissolved minerals from water is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

How would you classify the grain size of this rock?

• Fine

• Medium

• Course

• Very Coarse

Which type of sedimentary rock is made from the remains of living things?

• Clastic

• Chemical

• Biochemical

The geological process which involves squeezing sediments together in layers is called?

• compaction
• weathering
• cementation
• deposition