Sedimentary Rocks

What kind of rocks can be weathered, eroded, and then lithified to form sedimentary rocks?

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• any kind of rock

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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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Uplift 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 from the remains of living things is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

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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

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This sedimentary rock that contains some clasts that are quite large is

• sandstone

• conglomerate

• shale

• coal

This sedimentary rock has sediment the size of sand

• sandstone

• conglomerate

• shale

• coal

This sedimentary rock has sediment smaller than the size of sand

• sandstone

• conglomerate

• shale

• coal

This rock is made of things that were alive at one time

• Basalt

• Organic Limestone

• Rock Salt

• Coal

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