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Sedimentary rock
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sediment | A small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things |
| Erosion | Its running water, wind or ice loosen and carry away fragments of rock |
| Deposition | Is the process by which sediment settles out the water carrying it |
| Compaction | The process that presses sediments together |
| Cementation | Is the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together |
| Clastic Rock | A clastic rock is a sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragment are squeezed together |
| Organic Rock | forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers |
| Chemical Rock | when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize, chemical rock forms |