The Rock Cycle Sedimentary Rocks

What are the first 3 steps in the formation of sedimentary rocks?

Hint: This is how the sediments are created,  moved, and put in layers in a new location.

Check the 3 answers that are correct

• compaction

• weathering

• deposition

• cementation

• erosion

Which kinds of particles can make up the sediments that become sedimentary rocks?

• Compression and Cementation

• Rocks, sands, and dissolved minerals.

• Heat and Pressure 

What glues or cements the sediment particles together to make sedimentary rocks?

• Elmer's glue

• dissolved minerals

• seaweed

• sand

The vast majority of fossils are found in 

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

Conglomerate rocks form when larger rocks and pebbles are joined together.

• True

• False

Sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock made from the compaction and cementation of layers of sand.

• True

• False

Shale is a type of sedimentary rock that is formed by the compaction and cementation of sediments of clay and silt.

• True

• False

Rocks that appear red in color tend to have which mineral found in them ? 

• Iron

• Zinc

• Calcium

When minerals "glue" or hold sediments together to form sedimentary rocks, we call that process -

• weathering

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation