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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the basic components of soil ? | Weathered Rock & decomposed remains. |
| What are the the two types class for sedimentary rocks ? | Non-clastic & clastic |
| What do clastic rocks form ? | Fragments of weathered rock. |
| Where do non-clastic rocks form from ? | Remains of plant & animals or dissolved minerals. |
| What are the three materials that makes sediments ? | dissolved minerals, plants & animals' remains, and weathered or eroded rock. |
| Name three clastic rocks. | Shale, Sandstone, and Breccia. |
| Name three non clastic rocks. | Flint, Coal, and Salt |
| What are sediments ? | Sediments are loose materials. |
| What are sedimentary rocks ? | Sediments that precipitate out of solution. |
| What is compaction ? | When erosion moves to a new location, where they are deposited. |
| What is cementation | Precipitating to form a crystalline material. |
| What are detrial sedimentary rocks | Rocks made from broken fragments of other rocks. |
| What is conglomerate ? | Rounded rock. |
| What is breccia ? | Not rounded rock, with sharp angles. |
| What are chemical sedimentary rocks ? | Precipitated minerals from left behind solutions. |
| What are organic sedimentary rocks ? | Rocks formed from the remains of living things. |
| What is coquina ? | A major sedimentary rock. |
| What is chalk ? | A form of limestone rock. |