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| Particles | Sediment is made up of _____ of rock, sand, soil, and plant and animal remains. |
| Chalk | is an organic sedimentary rock that forms from shells and small ocean animals. |
| Sedimentary rock | Rock that forms when sediment compacts or cements in layers on the earth's surface without heat or pressure. |
| Deposit | Wind and water _____ sediment on land and on the bottoms of rivers, lakes, and oceans. |
| Three | There are _____ types of sedimentary rock. |
| Chemical sedimentary rock | Rock that forms when chemicals dissolve in water and minerals crystallize out of the solution. |
| Cementing | Elements like calcite dissolve in water to make natural glue, _____ the sediment. |
| Fossils | Are pieces of bones and shells that can be found in sedimentary rock. |
| Clastic sedimentary rock | Rock that forms when fragments of minerals and rocks cement |
| Sediment | Particles of rocks, sand, soil, and plant and animal remains. |
| Layers | The compacting and cementing of the sediment form _____ of rock. |
| Surface | Sedimentary rocks form when sediment compacts or cements in layers on the earth's _______. |
| Evaporates | Rock salt is s chemical sedimentary rock that forms when water ______ and salt remains. |
| Organic sedimentary rock | Rock that forms from the remains of plants and animals. |
| Formed | Sedimentary rock can be classified based on how it is _____. |
| How does sediment become sedimentary rock? | Layers of sediment compact on the earth's surface without heat or pressure. |
| What is one example of each type of sedimentary rock? | Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock, rock salt is a chemical sedimentary rock, and chalk is an organic sedimentary rock. |
| Why are fossils found in sedimentary rock? | Pieces of bones and shells get pressed in with the sediment, but the heat and pressure preserve the remains instead of melting them. |
