2.2

Question 1

When sand grains are compacted, compressed, and cemented together to form a new rock.

Answer 1

Sandstone

Question 2

Mineral Fragments

Answer 2

Sediment

Question 3

A rock that forms when a natural cement binds rock and mineral fragments together.

Answer 3

Sedimentary Rock

Question 4

Layers of the sedimentary rock.

Answer 4

Strata

Question 5

Rock or mineral fragments

Answer 5

Clasts

Question 6

When clasts are cemented together.

Answer 6

Clastic Sedimntary Rock

Question 7

When minerals crystallize out of a solution to become rock.

Answer 7

Chemical Sedimentary Rock

Question 8

A rock that forms from the remains of plants and animals.

Answer 8

Organic Sedimentary Rock

Question 9

The remains of plants and animals

Answer 9

Fossils

Question 10

Skeletons of tiny organisms

Answer 10

Coral

Question 11

Huge colonies where coral live

Answer 11

Reefs

Question 12

Animal remains that are cemented together.

Answer 12

Fossiliferous Limestone

Question 13

When partially decomposed plant material is buried

Answer 13

Coal

Question 14

The process of which sedimentary rock is arranged in layers

Answer 14

Stratification

Question 15

Marks that record the motion of wind and water waves.

Answer 15

Ripple Marks

Question 16

Fine-grained sediments at the bottom of a shallow body of water are exposed to the air and dry out.

Answer 16

Mud Cracks