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when wind, water, and ice break rocks and minerals
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) strata

pieces or fragments from weathering
a) clastic
b) cementation
c) limestone
d) sediments

process that moves sediment
a) deposition
b) erosion
c) cementation
d) weathering

when sediment stops moving
a) deposition
b) compaction
c) erosion
d) sediments

many layers squeezed together
a) cementation
b) erosion
c) compaction
d) deposition

layers glued together
a) erosion
b) cementation
c) compaction
d) strata

fragments cemented by a mineral (calcite or quartz)
a) chemical
b) compaction
c) clastic
d) weathering

what are layers of rock called
a) organic
b) limestone
c) sediments
d) strata

crystalized minerals and water
a) clastic
b) chemical
c) strata
d) erosion

halite
a) cemented by a mineral
b) layers of rock
c) salt crystals from salt water
d) fragments or sediments

formed from things once living
a) chemical
b) organic
c) clastic
d) strata

coal is an example of what type of composition
a) chemical
b) clastic
c) weathering
d) organic

limestone is an example of
a) organic
b) clastic
c) chemical
d) erosion

this type of rock is made up of coral, mollusks, marine animals and plants cemented together
a) halite
b) sediments
c) limestone
d) coal

plant and animal remains which have been buried form this organic substance
a) limestone
b) halite
c) coal
d) quartz

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