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Rockin' Vocab
Vocabulary for a lesson on Sedimentary Rocks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sediment | small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things. |
| Erosion | running water, wind, or ice loosen and carry away fragments of rock. |
| Deposition | the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it. |
| Compaction | the process that presses sediments together. |
| Cementation | the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together. |
| Clastic Rock | a sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments 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. |