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Sedimentary Rocks

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Essential Questions: What are sedimentary rocks? How are they formed? What other information do
we know about them?
Questions: from
Minerals, Rocks, and Soil
Book, p. 11- 12
1.What are tiny bits of
minerals called?
2, Can sediment be
moved?
3. How does sediment
build up?
4.What helps create a
sedimentary rock?
5.Why are sedimentary
rocks the easiest to break
apart?
6.Can sedimentary rocks
be soft?
7. What can be found in
sedimentary rocks?
8.How are fossils made?
9.Where can you find
fossils?
10.What can a fossil help
you learn?
11.What element is coal
mostly made of?
Questions: What are
Sedimentary Rocks? fact
sheet
1.What are sedimentary
rocks best recognized by?
2.What is another name for
layers?
3,Where are these rocks
formed?
4.Where do many
sedimentary rocks come
from?
5. What are sedimentary

Notes:

1._______________________________
2.Because sediment is so _______________, water and wind can easily move it and
___________________ it in different locations
3. Sediments can built up, ______________________ by _______________________.
4. w_____________________ and p______________________
5. They aare made up of bits of rock that __________________ ____________
_________________ ________________________, not welded.
6. Some sedimentary rocks, such as ____________________________, can
______________ when you _________________ on them.
7. f ___________________________
8.Over time, layers of __________________________ buried ____________________ and
_____________________________, forming sedimentary rock. The plants and animals, or
______________ of them, sometimes _____________________ and remained in the rock.
9. Look for fossils where ________________ __________________, _______________,
or ___________________ used to be.
10. A fossil can help you learn about ___________ ______________ ______________
____ ___________ ___________________.
11._______________________

1.Sedimentary rocks are best recognized by their _________________________.

2. S________________________
3.These rocks are formed in a wide variety of _________________________ on the Earths
____________________________
4.Many sedimentary rocks are made of _____________________ that have been
_____________________ or ______________________from pre-existing rocks
5. They are often referred to as s___________________ rocks.

rocks often referred to as?

6. The particles are transported by rivers, wind, glaciers, and gravity. During this journey, they
are changed and may become ________________, more _____________, and .
______________.

6.What are the particles

transported(carried)by?
7. Where are most
sedimentary rocks formed? 7. Most sedimentary rocks are formed on the _____________________
8. What can geologists fine
from sedimentary rocks?
8.Geologists can work out what our ______________ ______________________ were like.
9. What is one sedimentary rock that has great economic significance? ________________________.
Why? It is still an important fuel, used for _______________________ __________________________.
10. What are some well-known sedimentary rocks? ___________________________, ________________________,
___________________________, or __________________________________
Questions: Study Jams
1.Sedimentary rocks are made of what?
Questions:(still Study
Notes:
Jams)
2.What makes sediment?
3.How is sediment
created?
4. What forces can weather
rocks?
5.What happens when
sediment settles (drops)?
6.What happens when
layers of sediment settle?
7.What helps cement the
sediment together?
8.What is coquina?
9.What are good examples
of sedimentary rock that is
used for building?
10.How do sedimentary
rocks help us learn about
Earths past?

They are made from tiny bits of __________________________

2. Pieces of _____________, ____________________, and ____________

3. Sediment is created through ________________________.
4.W________________, _________________, and _______________ all weather rocks.
5.The sediment settles, or __________________, in one place and _________________ up.
6.Layer upon layer of sediment settle until the ___________________ of the sediment
_________________ the sediment together.
7.______________________ that get mixed into the sediment help cement the sediment
together.
8.When shells and other matter fall between the layers of sediment, they become part of the
rock. Sedimentary rock made up mostly of shell fragments is called____________________.
9.L_____________________ and _____________ are examples.
10.Because sedimentary rocks often contain __________________, they help us learn about
Earths past.

Summary: (You write this!)