Download Sedimentary Rocks

Standard S6E5c. Classify rocks by their
process of formation.
Formation: Begins with sediment
Sediment—particles of materials which
come from rocks or living things.
Formation: Begins with sediment
Sediment—particles of materials which
come from rocks or living things.
Erosion—process by which water, ice,
wind or gravity move weathered rock
(sediment) or soil.
Formation: Begins with sediment
Sediment—particles of materials which
come from rocks or living things.
Erosion—process by which water, ice,
wind or gravity move weathered rock
(sediment) or soil.
Deposition—process by which sediment
settles out of the water or wind carrying
it.
Formation: Begins with sediment
Sediment—particles of materials which
come from rocks or living things.
Erosion—process by which water, ice,
wind or gravity move weathered rock
(sediment) or soil.
Deposition—process by which sediment
settles out of the water or wind carrying
it.
Compaction—process that presses
sediments together.
Formation: Begins with sediment
Sediment—particles of materials which come
from rocks or living things.
Erosion—process by which water, ice, wind
or gravity move weathered rock (sediment)
or soil.
Deposition—process by which sediment
settles out of the water or wind carrying it.
Compaction—process that presses sediments
together.
Cementation—process in which dissolved
minerals crystallize and glue particles of
sediment together.
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
Cementation
Three types:
•Clastic
•Chemical
•Organic
Three types:
•Clastic—formed when layers of
sediment are squeezed together
•Chemical
•Organic
Three types:
•Clastic—formed when layers of
sediment are squeezed together
•Chemical—formed when dissolved
minerals crystallize
•Organic
Three types:
•Clastic—formed when layers of
sediment are squeezed together
•Chemical—formed when dissolved
minerals crystallize
•Organic—formed from the remains of
plants and animals