Sedimentary Rock

Small pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion

• cementation

• pressure

• weathering

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

What is the process of running water, wind, or ice loosening and carrying away fragments of rock?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

What is the process in which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

What is the process that presses sediments together?

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation

This rock is made of the remains of dead sea creatures (which have turned into oil). What type of sedimentary rock is it?

• Clastic
• Chemical
• Organic

Which of the following is the correct order of sedimentary rock formation?

• weathering, deposition, compaction, erosion, cementation

• weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

• weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction

• deposition, compaction, cementation, weathering, erosion

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

The dropping of sediments in layers. 

• compaction

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering