Sedimentary rocks

Question 1

Erosion

Answer 1

Water wind ice and gravity move rocks along breaking them up

Question 2

Deposition

Answer 2

The sediments reach the sea and settle on the sea bed

Question 3

Comapction

Answer 3

Over time layers of sediments build up and the top layers squash the bottom layers

Question 4

Cementation

Answer 4

Compaction forces water and air out of the spaces between sediments in the lower
layers. This causes minerals in the sediments to harden, and the sediments become stuck together