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sedimentary rock
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sediment | small, solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or organisms. |
| erosion | the destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments |
| deposition | the process by which sediment settles out of water or wind that is carrying it |
| compaction | the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own wieght |
| cementation | the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together in one mass |
| clastic rock | sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure |
| organic rock | Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers. |
| chemical rock | sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution |