Forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in layers.

Forms when minerals dissolved in a water solution crystallize.

Forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.

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

The process that presses sediments together.

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

The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it.

The effects of freezing and thawing, plant roots, acid, and other forces on rock.

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