Sedimentary Rock STAAR

A type of rock that forms in layers when sediments from a weathered rock were eroded and deposited in the ocean, where the compaction and cementation turned them into a new rock.

• weathering

• Sedimentary Rock

• organic matter

• sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the breaking down of rocks

• erosion

• deposition

• sediments

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small pieces of rock, soil, and other materials.

• deposition

• sediments

• erosion

• organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

carrying away of sediments

• weathering

• compaction

• erosion

• cementation

dropped off of sediments in new locations

• compaction

• deposition

• cementation

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which sediments are pressed together (squeeze) under water and layers of other sediments (pressure).

• compaction

• cementation

• fossils

• Sedimentary Rock

the process by which dissolved minerals in the water glue particles of sediment together into one rock.

• fossils

• compaction

• cementation

• weathering

non-renewable forms of energy that we use to meet our needs- Coal, Oil and Natural Gas (CONG).

• W.E.D.C.C.

• fossil fuels

• sedimentary rock

• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

natural resource that cannot be remade quickly or cannot be remade at all, it takes a very long time to make.

• coal

• non-renewable

• natural gas

• compaction

a solid fossil fuel that forms underground millions of years ago from dead plant material by the heat underground and pressure of the layers above it.

• coal

• fossils

• sedimentary rock

• non-renewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1