Sedimentary Rock Flashcards

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Sandstone

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One of the many types of sedimentary rock.

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Sediment

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Rocks caused by wind, water, ice, and sunlight turn into fragments that move from one place to another.

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Strata

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Layers of rock

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Sedimentary rock

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Is classified by the way it forms

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Clastic sedimentary rock

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Forms when clasts are cemented together

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Chemical sedimentary rock

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Forms when minerals crystallize out of solution

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Organic sedimentary rock

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