• A scientist who studies the processes and materials that form from the solid part of earth

• rock layer

• geologist

• fossil

• sediment

• A clue about life from the past that has been preserved in rock.

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• rock layer

• fossil

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• Small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• sediments

• sedimentary rock

• rock layer

• fossil

• A type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time.

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

• sediments

• cements

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• To stick together in the process of forming rock.

• sediments

• cement

• compact

• rock layer

• A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material.

• sediments

• rock layer

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

What is the correct sequence in which fossils form?

• 1. Sediment turns to rock

• Organism dies

• Organism turns into a fossil

• Organism is covered in sediment

• More sediment falls on top of the rock and another rock layer is formed.

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How are sedimentary rocks formed?

1. First, sediment sinks through the ______________ and builds up in environments with water.

• compacts

• cements

• sediments

• water

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

1. Then, more ________________ builds up and pushes down on

         sediment below.

   
   

• compacts

• cements

• sediment

• water

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

1. Next, the sediment at the bottom _____________.

   
   

• compacts

• cements

• sediment

• water