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The dropping of sediment in a new location by wind, water or ice.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) sediment
The moving of sediment by wind, water or ice.
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) compaction
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by wind, water or ice.
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) sediment
A rock formed from layers of sediment that have been pressed and cemented together.
a) fossil
b) sediment
c) cementation
d) sedimentary rock
rock pieces that have been weathered by wind, water, or ice.
a) sediment
b) sedimentary rock
c) weathering
d) cementation
cycle that shows how different types of rocks are formed
a) sediment
b) sedimentary rock
c) rock cycle
d) compaction
The remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock
a) fossil fuel
b) fossil
c) compaction
d) weathering
Extremely small plant or animal
a) microscopic organism
b) fossil
c) sediment
d) weathering
A fossil fuel in the form of gas typically used for thermal energy.
a) coal
b) oil
c) natural gas
d) sediments
A liquid fossil fuel typically used for fuel
a) oil
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) sediment
to use
a) conserve
b) compaction
c) cementation
d) consume
To use something carefully
a) consume
b) conserve
c) compaction
d) cementation
A resource that cannot be replace by nature
a) Fossil
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) prehistoric
A solid fossil fuel typically used for creating energy.
a) oil
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) sediment
Fuels formed from the organic remains of prehistoric plants and animals
a) Fossil fuels
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) sediment
A resource that nature can replace in a short amount of time.
a) Fossil
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) compaction
When sediment particles are pressed closer together
a) compaction
b) cementation
c) conserve
d) consume
When sediment particles are cemented together by minerals
a) compaction
b) cementation
c) consume
d) conserve
period of time before there were written records
a) historic
b) fossil
c) prehistoric
d) extinct
No longer in existence
a) extinct
b) prehistoric
c) fossil
d) fossil fuel
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