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

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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squeezing sediments together in layers

• weathering

• cementation

• deposition 

What causes the pressure necessary to form sedimentary rocks?

• chemicals in the rock

• temperatures inside the Earth

• weight from sediments above

• water flowing over rock

What are Sedimentary Rocks made of?

• Magma

• Dead flora and fauna

• Broken Fossils

• Accumulated Sediments

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Which of the following is NOT a type of erosion.

• ice

• fire

• wind

• water

Which term means the process that moves rock and sediment.

• weathering

• erosion

• compaction

• deposition

• cementation

Which term means the process of layering and pressing together sediment over many years.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

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How are sedimentary rocks created?

• Melting & Solidification

• Compaction & Cementation

• Heat & Pressure