Sedimentary rock vocab
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| Bioclastic sedimentary rock | made by living organisms or composed mostly of materials from life forms. Also called organic sedimentary rock.
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| Cementation | minerals dissolved in water "glue" the sediment together
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| Chemical sedimentary rock | rock made from material that was precipitated from water
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| Clastic sedimentary rock | made of broken fragments of rock
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| Compaction | sediments are squeezed together by the weight of the rock layers above
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| Deposition | dropping of sediments. Occurs when agents of erosion(water, wind, glacier) can no longer carry the sediment.
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| Fossil | remains, imprints, or traces of a living thing that lived long ago
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| Sediment | loose particles created by the breakdown of rocks
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| Sedimentary rock | rock formed from pieces of other rocks or the remains of once-living things
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