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Question 1

Layers of rock

Answer 1

Strata

Question 2

The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers

Answer 2

Stratification

Question 3

Sand grains are compacted and then cemented together

Answer 3

Sandstone

Question 4

When rock or mineral fragments are cemented together

Answer 4

Clastic sedimentary rock

Question 5

Rock or mineral fragments

Answer 5

Clasts

Question 6

When minerals crystallize out of solution such as sea water to become a rock

Answer 6

Chemical sedimentary rock

Question 7

Forms from the remains of once living plants or animals

Answer 7

Organic Sedimentary Rock

Question 8

Remains of animals that once lived

Answer 8

Fossils

Question 9

Huge colonies of coral

Answer 9

Reefs

Question 10

When animal remains become cemented together

Answer 10

Fossilferous Limestone

Question 11

When sedimentary rocks record the motion of wind and water waves on lake, oceans, rivers, and sand dunes

Answer 11

Ripple marks

Question 12

When fine grain sediments at the bottom of a shallow body of water and expose to the air causing it to dry out

Answer 12

Mud cracks