Sedimentary Rocks

Small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

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Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?

• weathering
• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

_{Sedimentary Rocks are often made up of other rocks and minerals.}

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• cementation
• deposition
• organic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What size sediment makes sandstone?

• Pebble
• Silt
• Sand

What rock is made from sand?

• Siltstone
• Gravel
• Sandstone

How is sediment classified/grouped?

• By color
• By hardness
• By size

What does clastic mean?

• Compacted sediment
• Magma made the rock
• The rock has crystals