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Video: Rocks that Form on the Surface

1. How does sediment form?

2. Where do sedimentary rocks form?

3. How does the sediment get from where it is formed to the site where sedimentary
rocks are formed?

4. Differentiate between sediments and sedimentary rocks.

5. How are sediments cemented together? What is the most common cement?

6. What are the characteristics of sedimentary rocks?

7. When deposited what is the orientation of the layering of sediment?

8. Differentiate between clastic, organic and chemical sedimentary rocks?

9. If sedimentary rocks are found in a tilted position, what is the significance of
this orientation?