Science Vocabulary 5.7A and 5.7 B

Compaction is

• layers of sediment pressed together by natural forces

• the movement of sediment through wind, water and ice

• small pieces of rock

• a type of rock formed by layers of sediment

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Sedimentary Rock is

• a type of rock formed by layers of sediment

• the movement of sediment by wind, water, and ice

• coal, oil, and natural gas

• the breaking down of rock by wind water and ice

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Sediment is

• small pieces of rock

• layers of sediment pressed together by natural forces

• a solid fuel formed from decaying swamp plants

• the dropping of sediment

Weathering is

• the breaking down of rock by wind, water and ice

• the dropping of sediment by wind, water and ice

• smallm pieces of rock

• the movement of sediment

Label the picture based on the process.

• weathering and erosion

• cementation and compaction

• weathering and deposition

• erosion and compaction

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Label the process in the picture

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

Label the process in the picture

• weathering and erosion

• deposition and cementation

• erosion and depostion

• cementation and compaction

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What process most likely caused these cracks?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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A delta is

• a triangular shaped landform at the mouth of a river

• a landform carved out by wind and water

• a large, slow-moving, mass of ice

• a mound or hill of sand formed by deposition

A Sand dune is

• a triangular-shaped landform at the mouth of a river

• a mound or hill of sand formed by deposition

• a change that takes millions of years

• A type of rock formation