Match the rock phrase or term with the correct type of sedimentary rock or rock forming process.

Group A:

  • Evaporation is a key process.
  • Involve something alive or that once lived.
  • Water velocity plays a key role in texture.
Group B:
  • Biochemical
  • Chemical
  • Clastic


Biochemical: Involve something alive or that once lived.

Chemical: Evaporation is a key process.

Clastic: Water velocity plays a key role in texture.

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