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Classifying Rocks 3 rock types Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic
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Sediment Rock fragments, minerals, or plant and animal remains that settle out of water or air
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Sedimentary Rocks “that which has settled” Formed from sediments Sediments=rocks exposed to weather that have been broken down into very small pieces Formation depends on weathering/erosion Sediments packed into layers Cement together over time
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Sedimentary
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Sediments change into Rock by Pressure Cemented together by new minerals to form rock
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Coal Sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants, bark roots, and other plant material that is buried and under pressure Contains NO minerals
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Conglomerate Sedimentary rock with pieces of shells, rocks, minerals or other products that are larger than 2 mm cemented together with minerals.
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Limestone Sedimentary rock made of shells and skeletons of ocean organisms. Over time the individual shells are no longer visible and become limestone
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Sedimentary Rock and Wind Water movement: Larger sediment drops before smaller sediment Wind Direction : Cross- beds, Ripples, Mud Cracks
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