Sedimentary Rock Formation

Some Sedimentary rocks are composed of sediments. How do loose sediments form into a solid rock?

• cooling and solidification

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Some sedimentary rocks can be composed of material from living things

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Some sedimentary rocks form from the evaporation of water, which leaves solid material behind

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

There are ____ types of sedimentary rock

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

These rocks are composed of fragments of other rocks

• Clastic

• Bioclastic (organic)

• Crystalline (chemical)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

These rocks are composed of materials from living things (plant or animal material)

• Clastic

• Bioclastic (organic)

• Crystalline (chemical)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

These rocks form when evaporating water leaves solid material behind

• Clastic

• Bioclastic (organic)

• Crystalline (chemical)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Coal is made up of compressed plant remains. This makes it

• Clastic

• Bioclastic (organic)

• Crystalline (chemical)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Rock salt is a crystalline (chemical) sedimentary rock. It forms by:

• compaction

• biologic processes

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fragments

• Clastic

• Bioclastic (organic)

• Crystalline (chemical)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2