Sedimentary Rock

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

Sedimentary rock type made from bits of minerals and other Earth material that were weathered and moved is _?_ sedimentary rock.

• clastic
• chemical
• organic 

the dropping of sediments in layers. 

• compaction
• deposition
• erosion
• weathering

squeezing sediments together in layers

• compaction
• weathering
• cementation
• deposition 

What is the correct order of making and dropping off of sediments?

• weathering, erosion, deposition 
• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, deposition , erosion

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

Sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants and animals is called _?_.

• chemical sedimentary rock
• organic sedimentary rock
• clastic sedimentary rock
• erosion

What is an example of an organic sedimentary rock?

• coal
• breccia
• rock salt
• shale

small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

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

• compaction
• deposition
• organic sedimentary rock
• cementation