Sedimentary Rocks

Reorder the following

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Weathering

During ​ (a)   small particles called sediments fall out of wind or moving water.

• deposition
• cementation

Rocks which are formed through a process of weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation.

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The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

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Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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squeezing sediments together in layers

• compaction
• 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

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

• cementation

• compaction

• detrition

• deposition

What is the definition of rock cycle?

• From a time before human history was recorded
• a large natural structure on the earth's surface such as a mountain, a plain or a valley
• the process during which rocks are formed, changed,wear down, an are formed again over long periods of time
• a deep valley carved by flowing water

In your own words, describe the PROCESS that forms sedimentary rocks.

Answer explanation

Hint: WEDCC

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