Sedimentary Rocks

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

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• any kind of rock

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Most of the Earth's crust is made up of igneous rock. But most rock at the surface of the crust is what kind of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All kinds of rock

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Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made up of fragments of older rocks is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

Lithification is

• Breaking down of rock

• Transport of rock fragments

• Piling rock fragments up into sediment beds

• Forming new rocks from sediments

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Compaction is

• When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

• Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

• Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

• When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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Cementation is

• When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

• Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

• Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

• When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Uplift is

• When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

• Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

• Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

• When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Deposition is

• When slowing water lays down sediments to form beds

• Squeezing of sediment grains together by the weight of sediments above

• Precipitation of minerals that "glue" the sediment grains together

• When tectonic plate movement raises buried rocks up to the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Of the three kinds of sedimentary rocks, a rock that is made from the remains of living things is called

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical 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

• Clastic sedimentary rock

• Organic sedimentary rock

• Chemical sedimentary rock

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