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WorksheetsMr. Chapa's Sedimentary Rocks Vocabulary w/ Pics
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The breaking down of rocks into sediments by wind, water, waves, ice, and gravity (WWWIG).
erosion
deposition
weathering
earthquake
The movement, transport or carrying away of sediments to a new location by wind, water, waves, ice and gravity (WWWIG).
deposition
erosion
weathering
compaction
The dropping, leaving or depositing of sediments in a new location.
erosion
weathering
deposition
compaction
Rocks that are formed when layers of sediments are compacted and cemented together by pressure over millions of years. Fossils can be found in this type of rock.
igneous rocks
sedimentary rocks
metamorphic rocks
mountainous rocks
When layers of sediments are squeezed together by pressure.
cementation
compaction
sediments
erosion
When the layers of compacted sediments are glued together by salt crystals over millions of years.
sediments
deposition
cementation
rocks
The hardened remains of ancient plants and animals that were turned into rock and are preserved in sedimentary rocks.
fossils
fossil fuels
coal
oil
Things that people use everyday that are made by the Earth.
natural resources
resources
landforms
fossil fuels
This is what the top layers of sediments do to the lower layers of sediments that helps turn the sediments into sedimentary rocks.
pressure
weathering
erosion
deposition
Small broken down pieces of rocks that have been weathered by wind, water, waves, ice and gravity (WWWIG).
sediments
deposition
cementation
rocks
A natural resource that can never be replaced because it takes millions of years to form like coal, oil and natural gas.
natural resource
renewable resource
nonrenewable resource
inexhaustible resource
Objects or substances that are burned to produce thermal energy.
fossils
resources
fuels
natural resources
Things or materials that people use everyday.
natural resources
nonrenewable resources
resources
renewable resources
Resources that come from nature that will never run out.
nonrenewable resources
natural resources
renewable resources
inexhaustible renewable resources
A nonrenewable resource made over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants that were buried in places like swamps.
oil or petroleum
natural gas
coal
sedimentary rocks
A nonrenewable liquid resource that was formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals that were buried in the ocean over millions of years.
oil or petroleum
coal
natural gas
sedimentary rocks
A nonrenewable gas resource that was formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals over millions of years in swamps and oceans .
oil or petroleum
coal
sedimentary rocks
natural gas
