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