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| weatehring | the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances |
| compaction | the process by which sedimments are pressed together under their own weight |
| cementation | the process by whoch dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one |
| chemical rock | sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution |
| organic rock | sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of organisms deposited in thick layers |
| clastic rock | sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure |
| erosion | the process by whoch water, ice, wind,a nd gravity moves weathered particles or rock and soil |
| sediment | is small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things |
| deposition | process in which sediment is laid down in new locations |
