Sedimentary Rocks

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What kind of rocks can be weathered, eroded, and then lithified to form sedimentary rocks?

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any kind of rock

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Most rock at the surface of the Earth's crust is what kind of rock?

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Sedimentary

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A rock that is made up of fragments of older rocks is called

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Clastic sedimentary rock

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Lithification

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Forming new rocks from sediments

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Compaction

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Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

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Cementation

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Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

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Uplift

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When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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Deposition is

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When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

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A rock made from the remains of living things is called? (Options: Clastic sedimentary rock, Organic sedimentary rock, Chemical sedimentary rock)

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Organic sedimentary rock

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Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made by precipitation of dissolved minerals from water is called

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Chemical sedimentary rock