Sedimentary Rocks

Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

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

• Visible

• Coarse

• Very Coarse

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

• Clastic

• Chemical

• Biochemical

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a chemically formed sedimentary rock?

• marble

• breccia

• rock salt

• quartz

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants and animals is called _?_.

• chemical sedimentary rock

• biochemical (organic) sedimentary rock

• clastic sedimentary rock

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Clastic rocks are grouped by the ______________ of the rock fragments of which they are made.

• Size
• Formation