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What Makes It
Characteristics
Everyday Facts
True or False!
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100
This is made from tiny grains of sand.
What is sandstone.
100
What does coquina contain?
What are shell fragments.
100
How is sediment created?
What is through weathering and erosion.
100
True or False: Limestone is a very useful sedimentary rock.
What is True.
200
________ is a mixture of gravel and pebbles.
What is conglomerate.
200
The layers in the rocks are called this.
What is strata.
200
Why is it important that rocks have fossils inside them?
What is because it shows the Earth's past.
200
True or False: Some sedimentary rocks include the remains of tiny plants and animals and dissolved chemicals.
What is True
300
This is made from mud and clay sediments.
What is shale.
300
Sedimentary rock is mostly made up of what?
What is coquina.
300
What is sediment?
What are pieces of rock, sand, and dirt.
300
True or False: Fossils are rarely found in sedimentary rock.
What is false.
400
What are formed from the remains of coral, plants, shells, and dissolved chemicals?
What is Limestone.
400
What keeps sedimentary rocks stuck together?
What are minerals.
400
Sedimentary rocks often have _____ in them, which helps us learn about the Earth's past.
What are fossils.
400
True or False: Conglomerate is formed by compressed layers of clay, mud, and silt.
What is False.
500
What is layers of sediment that have been compressed underwater for long periods of time?
What is Sedimentary Rocks
500
What characteristics do sedimentary rocks have?
What are striped layers.
500
What two types of sedimentary rocks are used for building purposes?
What are limestone and sandstone.
500
True or False: Most sedimentary rocks are formed underwater.
What is True.
500
Explain how sedimentary rocks are formed. Be sure to go into detail!!
What is: The sediments will settle and pile up in one place. Layer upon layer will settle until the weight of the sediment squeezes the sediment together. the minerals that get mixed into the sediment help cement the sediment together.