9.3 Flashcards
Erosion
The process of being changed by a course of wind, water, or the natural agents
Food plains
In open lame nearby a river where sediments are kept safely during a flood.
Glaciers
Large bodies of ice that rocks and soils gets moved infront of them
Moraines
Deposit left by movement of Glacier
Sand stone
A sedimentary rock with medium sized grains. The sand grains are cemented together by silica, lime or other salts
Mudstone
A fine grained sedimentary rock without layering
Shale
A fine grained sedimentary rock formed in layers by the consolidation of clay
Siltstone
A sedimentary rock with a certain size between that of sandstone and mudstone.
Conglomerate
A sedimentary rock containing big pieces of various sizes cemented together
Limestone
A sedimentary rock formed the left over bits of sea organisms. It normally has calcium carbonate
Coal
A sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals that were buried before rotting completely.
Rock salt
A sedimentary rock formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up. The main chemical is sodium chloride
Sedimentary rocks
Rocks that forms sediments deposed by wind, ice and water.
