Sedimentary Rock, Fossils and Fossil Fuels

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

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Small pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion
• cementation
• pressure
• weathering

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

Sediments are left behind in rivers lakes and oceans

• weathering
• erosion
• cementation
• deposition

When the pressure of new  sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers

• erosion
• compaction
• pressure
• weathering

The process of layers become glued together by minerals forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking
• pressuring
• cementation
• deposition

The waste and remains of plants and animals

• organic matter
• fossil fuels
• fossils

Decay or decomposition means to

• break into smaller parts
• make into larger parts
• destroy something
• fix something

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Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• natural gas
• imprints
• photos
• fossils

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