Rocks

Which is the process by that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?

• deposition
• erosion
• compaction
• weathering

The process that presses sediments together.

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

• sediment

• weathering

• erosion

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

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

How do sedimentary rocks form? 

• Forms when small particles of rock or remains from plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• Form from lava that erupted onto Earth’s surface and cools & hardens

• Forms when magma hardens beneath Earth’s surface Slow cooling magma beneath the surface

• Forms when a rock is changed by heat and/or pressure

Small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things defines 

• weathering

• erosion

• Sediment

• lava

Breaking down of rocks by freezing/thawing, organisms, or other forces describes

• transportation

• deposition

• weathering and erosion

• compaction

Sediment layers are squeezed and pressed together under weight of above layers describes

• compaction

• cementation

• weathering and erosion

• transportation

Dissolved minerals glue compacting sediment together describes

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Deposition

• Transportation

The breaking down of rock by water, wind, or ice.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Deposition