FlashcardsSedimentary Rocks Flashcards
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This 16-card flashcard set covers sedimentary rock formation for grades 6–7. It includes vocabulary such as weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation, along with questions about rock types, uses, and the processes that form them. Use it for geology review, quiz preparation, or vocabulary drilling during a unit on rocks and minerals.
Terms in This Set
- How do sedimentary rocks form?
- Define sediment
- Define weathering
- Define erosion
- Define deposition
- Define compaction
- Define cementation
- What are the three major types of sedimentary rocks?
- Define clastic rocks
- Define organic rocks
- How are sedimentary rocks used?
- __________is a sedimentary rock formed from the remains of swamp plants buried in water
- _________ is a sedimentary rock formed from coral, shells, and skeletons that piled up on the ocean floor
- is the process by which sediments get pressed together
- Sand grains, pebbles, mud, shells, and leaves are all examples of
- Clastic rocks are grouped by the _________of the rock fragments of which they are made.
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